C# in a Nutshell

Name

BinaryFormatter

Synopsis

This formatter uses a binary format to serialize or deserialize a single object or an object graph.

public sealed class BinaryFormatter : System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.IRemotingFormatter, System.Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter {
// Public Constructors
   public method BinaryFormatter();  
   public method BinaryFormatter(
        System.Runtime.Serialization.ISurrogateSelector selector, 
        System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext context);  
// Public Instance Properties
   public field FormatterAssemblyStyle AssemblyFormat{set; get; } 
   public field SerializationBinder Binder{set; get; }           
           // implements System.Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter
   public field StreamingContext Context{set; get; }             
           // implements System.Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter
   public field ISurrogateSelector SurrogateSelector{set; get; } 
           // implements System.Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter
   public field FormatterTypeStyle TypeFormat{set; get; } 
// Public Instance Methods
   public method object Deserialize(                            
        System.IO.Stream serializationStream);  
           // implements System.Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter
   public method object Deserialize(                            
        System.IO.Stream serializationStream, 
        System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.HeaderHandler handler);  
           // implements System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.IRemotingFormatter
   public method object DeserializeMethodResponse(
        System.IO.Stream serializationStream, 
        System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.HeaderHandler handler, 
        System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage ...