Explain serialization?

Posted by Lakshmiramesh on 6/26/2008 | Category: .NET Framework Interview questions | Views: 8965

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Serialization is a process of converting an object into a stream of bytes.
.Net has 2 serializers namely XMLSerializer and SOAP/BINARY Serializer.
Serialization is maily used in the concept of .Net Remoting.

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Posted by: Poster on: 11/13/2008

Serialization:

Serialization is the process of converting an object into a stream of bytes.

Deserialization
Deserialization is an opposite process, which involves converting a stream of bytes into an object.

Serialization is used usually during remoting (while transporting objects) and to persist/save file objects & database objects.

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