20.17. Serializing Objects Using the SoapFormatter
Your next choice of formatter is the SoapFormatter type, which serializes data in a proper SOAP envelope. In a nutshell, the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) defines a standard process in which you can invoke methods in a platform- and OS-neutral manner.
Assuming you have set a reference to the System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll assembly (and imported the System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap namespace), you can persist and retrieve a JamesBondCar as a SOAP message simply by replacing each occurrence of BinaryFormatter with SoapFormatter. Consider the following new method of the Program class, which serializes an object to a local file:
// Be sure to import System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap ...
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