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It is the process of converting an object (an instance of a class) into a stream of bytes which can be passed over a network, and re-assembled at the other end.. or written to a file for later retrieval.<br />
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It is the process of converting an object (an instance of a class) into a stream of bytes which can be passed over a network, and re-assembled at the other end.. or written to a file for later retrieval.



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How can you serialize an object into memory so that you can send it across the network? &nbsp;i can't find any examples of that for C#.
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How can you serialize an object into memory so that you can send it across the network?  i can't find any examples of that for C#.

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By Serializing an object you make it substantially smaller. &nbsp;And simply by serializing it, you can convert it to a byte stream. &nbsp;That 's what serialization is/does.
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By Serializing an object you make it substantially smaller.  And simply by serializing it, you can convert it to a byte stream.  That 's what serialization is/does.

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Here is a web site that describes serialization. &nbsp;This link pertains to Java explicitly, but the same holds true for C# and .Net<br />
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<a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/serialization.html" rel="ugc">http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/serialization.html</a>
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Here is a web site that describes serialization.  This link pertains to Java explicitly, but the same holds true for C# and .Net

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/serialization.html [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/serialization.html]

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what is serialization? i've heard this term many times but i have no idea what it is :)
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what is serialization? i've heard this term many times but i have no idea what it is :)

serialization?

C# is an object-oriented programming language created in conjunction with Microsoft’s .NET framework. Compilation is usually done into the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), which is then JIT-compiled to native code (and cached) during execution in the Common Language Runtime (CLR).