C# Deserialization

In C# programming, deserialization is the reverse process of serialization. It means you can read the object from byte stream. Here, we are going to use BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(stream) method to deserialize the stream.

C# Deserialization Example

Let's see the simple example of deserialization in C#.

1. using System;  
2. using System.IO;  
3. using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;  
4. [Serializable]  
5. class Student  
6. {  
7.     public int rollno;  
8.     public string name;  
9.     public Student(int rollno, string name)  
10.     {  
11.         this.rollno = rollno;  
12.         this.name = name;  
13.     }  
14. }  
15. public class DeserializeExample  
16. {  
17.     public static void Main(string[] args)  
18.     {  
19.         FileStream stream = new FileStream("e:\\sss.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate);  
20.         BinaryFormatter formatter=new BinaryFormatter();  
21.   
22.         Student s=(Student)formatter.Deserialize(stream);  
23.         Console.WriteLine("Rollno: " + s.rollno);  
24.         Console.WriteLine("Name: " + s.name);  
25.   
26.         stream.Close();  
27.     }  
28. }  

Output:

Rollno: 101
Name: sonoo