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Serializing and Deserializing Objects

Now that you have created a serializable object, you are ready to add the code that will perform the actual serialization and deserialization. Create two private member functions within the ObjectSerializationForm class named SaveState and RestoreState. Both functions do not take any parameters, and they both return void.

As you may have guessed, serialization will occur within the SaveState function, and deserialization will take place in the RestoreState. We will concentrate on serialization to begin with. The first step is to create a StateInfo private member variable for the form class. Create a new instance of this class within the constructor of your form class. As mentioned at the beginning of this ...