Csharp/C Sharp/Generics/Generic Objects

Serialize and Deserialize generic objects

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Runtime.Serialization; using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary; using System.IO;

public class Starter {

   public static void Main(string[] args) {
       BinaryFormatter binary = new BinaryFormatter();
       FileStream file = new FileStream("data.bin", FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
       MyClass<int> obj = new MyClass<int>(5);
       binary.Serialize(file, obj);
       MyClass<int> obj1 = (MyClass<int>)
       binary.Deserialize(file);
       Console.WriteLine(obj1.GetValue());
   }

} [Serializable] public class MyClass<T> {

   public MyClass(T init) {
       fielda = init;
   }
   public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info,StreamingContext ctx) {
       info.AddValue("fielda", fielda, typeof(T));
   }
   private MyClass(SerializationInfo info,StreamingContext ctx) {
       fielda = (T)info.GetValue("fielda", typeof(T));
   }
   public void SetValue(T data) {
       fielda = data;
   }
   public T GetValue() {
       return fielda;
   }
   private T fielda = default(T);

}

</source>