Binary Serialization of Array

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I need a quick way to binary serialize an ArrayList of System.Drawing.Point
objects. There are a lot of point is this list so I am trying to avoid
iterating over them. I have tried the following but cannot find an easy way
to Deserialize the data. Can anyone suggest a better way?

Array ptArray = _allLines.ToArray(typeof(System.Drawing.Point));
System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream();

BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

formatter.Serialize(ms,ptArray);
return ms.GetBuffer();

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

To deserialize, you can take the byte array, and do this:

// Create a stream wrapping the byte array.
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(buffer))
{
// Create a formatter.
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

// Deserialize.
Point[] points = (Point[]) formatter.Deserialize(ms);
}

Hope this helps.
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I need a quick way to binary serialize an ArrayList of System.Drawing.Point
objects. There are a lot of point is this list so I am trying to avoid
iterating over them. I have tried the following but cannot find an easy
way to Deserialize the data. Can anyone suggest a better way?

Array ptArray = _allLines.ToArray(typeof(System.Drawing.Point));
System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream();

BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

formatter.Serialize(ms,ptArray);
return ms.GetBuffer();

[TJO]

Thank you so much for that very nice approach!!!!

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To deserialize, you can take the byte array, and do this:

// Create a stream wrapping the byte array.
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(buffer))
{
// Create a formatter.
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

// Deserialize.
Point[] points = (Point[]) formatter.Deserialize(ms);
}

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"news.microsoft.com" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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I need a quick way to binary serialize an ArrayList of
System.Drawing.Point objects. There are a lot of point is this list so I
am trying to avoid iterating over them. I have tried the following but
cannot find an easy way to Deserialize the data. Can anyone suggest a
better way?

Array ptArray = _allLines.ToArray(typeof(System.Drawing.Point));
System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream();

BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

formatter.Serialize(ms,ptArray);
return ms.GetBuffer();