Windows Phone 7 Serialization: DataContract Serialization

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[p=24, null, left]In this post I am going to continue studying the ways how to serialize objects in Windows Phone 7 applications. This time I will explain DataContract Serialization using DataContractSerializer class. This type of serialization can also be applied to Silverlight applications.

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Additional Information

• DataContractSerializer
• Using Data Contracts
  

Adding a reference[p=24, null, left]Keep in mind that DataContractSerializer requires System.Runtime.Serialization namespace to be added to project. To do so right click the project name and choose Add Reference there. Select System.Runtime.Serialization namespace on .NET tab (check image bellow).

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Creating a sample classI am going to use almost the same class I’ve created for theXmlSerializer tutorial, but slightly modified. To allow object to be serialized using DataContract serialization you have to addDataContractAttribute to the class (public class). XML Generation can be controlled usingDataMemberAttribute for those properties that need to be serialized andIgnoreDataMemberAttribute for those properties that need to be ignored during serialization. Public properties will be automatically exposed. Take a look at example bellow.

1. [DataContractAttribute]
   
2. public class SampleData
   
3. {
   
4.     [DataMember]
   
5.     public string ContentText { get; set; }
   
6. 
   
7.     [DataMember]
   
8.     public List<int> SomeItems { get; set; }
   
9. 
   
10.     public SampleData()
    
11.     {
    
12.         ContentText = "some text";
    
13.         SomeItems = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3 };
    
14.     }
    
15. }

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SerializationTo serialize an object you need to create an instance of DataContractSerializer class (passing a type of serialized object as an input parameter) and then write serialized data to a stream object using WriteObject method, that accepts stream and object marked with DataContractAttribute attribute as input parameters.

1. public static void Serialize(Stream streamObject, object objForSerialization)
   
2. {
   
3.     if (objForSerialization == null || streamObject == null)
   
4.         return;
   
5. 
   
6.     DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(objForSerialization.GetType());
   
7.     ser.WriteObject(streamObject, objForSerialization);
   
8. }

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DeserializationDeserialization is also very simple. To deserialize an object you need to create an instance of DataContractSerializer class again (pass constructor a type of serialized object) and then read serialized data out of a stream object using ReadObject method, that accepts stream object as parameter.

1. public static object Deserialize(Stream streamObject, Type serializedObjectType)
   
2. {
   
3.     if (serializedObjectType == null || streamObject == null)
   
4.         return null;
   
5. 
   
6.     DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(serializedObjectType);
   
7.     return ser.ReadObject(streamObject);
   
8. }

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TestingI have used the following method to test serialization and deserialization using DataContractSerializer. As the result instance of SampleData class after deserialization is exactly the same as the one before the serialization.

1. public static void Test()
   
2. {
   
3.     // serialization
   
4.     MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
   
5.     DataContractSerializationHelper.Serialize(ms, new SampleData());
   
6. 
   
7.     ms.Position = 0;
   
8.     // deserialization
   
9.     var sampleData = DataContractSerializationHelper.Deserialize(ms, typeof(SampleData));
   
10. 
    
11.     ms.Close();
    
12. }

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Here is how serialized instance of SampleData class looks like:

1. <SampleData xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   
2. xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/EugeneDotnetWPSamples.Serialization.DataContract">
   
3. <ContentText>some text</ContentText>
   
4. <SomeItems xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
   
5. <d2p1:int>1</d2p1:int>
   
6. <d2p1:int>2</d2p1:int>
   
7. <d2p1:int>3</d2p1:int>
   
8. </SomeItems>
   
9. </SampleData>