【Demo Code】Serialize and Deserialize in .NET

It may very useful to serialize the object to byte and save it disk in some condition, so here is some demo code.

Serialize the exception to byte use the binary formatter:

    Private Shared Function SerializeTheException(ByVal ex As Exception) As Byte()
        Dim returnArray() As Byte
        Dim ms As New System.IO.MemoryStream
        Dim b As New System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
        b.Serialize(ms, ex)
        ms.Seek(0, 0)
        returnArray = ms.ToArray
        Return returnArray
    End Function

    Private Shared Function DeSerializeTheException(ByVal exMeta As Byte()) As Exception
        Dim b As New System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
        Return CType(b.Deserialize(New IO.MemoryStream(exMeta)), Exception)
    End Function

Serialize the exception to byte use the xml formatter:

    Public Shared Function SerializeTheObject(ByVal value As Object) As Byte()
        Dim serializer As System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer
        Dim types(0) As Type
        types(0) = value.GetType()

        'Serialize
        serializer = System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.FromTypes(types)(0)
        Dim stream As System.IO.MemoryStream = New System.IO.MemoryStream
        serializer.Serialize(stream, value)

        ' Return
        Return stream.ToArray()
    End Function

    Public Shared Function DeserializeTheObject(ByVal bytes As Byte(), ByVal returnType As System.Type) As Object
        Dim serializer As System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer
        Dim types(0) As Type
        types(0) = returnType

        ' Deserialize
        serializer = System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.FromTypes(types)(0)
        Dim stream As System.IO.MemoryStream = New System.IO.MemoryStream(bytes, False)

        ' Return
        Return serializer.Deserialize(stream)
    End Function