A look in to a useful pattern for serializing data which separates the serialization process from the resulting data. This pattern is very similar to boost serialization without the boost dependencies ...

Serialization converts an object's state into a stream of bytes so that it can be persisted in a permanent or temporary storage medium When working with applications, you’ll often need to store data ...

Michael Fitzgerald writes about XStream on O'Reilly. "Joe Walnes's XStream is a unique open-source Java library for serializing objects into XML and deserializing that XML into objects. Unlike other ...

The XmlSerializer class provides a great way to convert (serialize) objects to XML and back (deserialize). However, it can be difficult to serialize collections such as Arrays and ArrayLists properly ...

David Petersheim explains why XStream is a perfect fit for parsing and writing small, simple XML files. Check out an example in which David shows how you could use XStream to read a configuration file ...

Message serialization goes by a variety of names like “marshalling” or “packing” but all fall under the umbrella of declaring the structure by which messages are assembled. Message serialization is ...

So I'm whipping up something quick and dirty for a work project. I've got a C# class that is all string types, nothing fancy, and once the item is created it gets serialized with the new ...

Introduction Serialization is the process of taking structures and objects along with their states and converting them to data that is reproducable with any computer environment. There are many ways ...

The XmlSerializer class provides a great way to convert (serialize) objects to XML and back (deserialize). However, it can be difficult to serialize collections such as Arrays and ArrayLists properly ...