Binary deserialization: get object data

Question

Is it possible to get data of the binary serialized object ( or list of othe same objects ) as it can be done in XML or soap. Please note, I have no idea about object structure ( private and public fields,etc)? By data of the binary serialized object I mean the values of all fields.

Of course it is possible. You have to deserialize your object graph, then you can do with it what you want. Please write more on what you want to achieve. — Mare Infinitus, Jul 21 '12 at 09:14
It *sounds* like you have a chunk of BF data, but don't have the class, and want to know what the data represents. Is this correct? — Marc Gravell, Jul 21 '12 at 09:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '12 at 09:20

Lets say you have a stream.

            object yourData;
            var SerializeBinaryFileName = @"C:\Temp\binary.bf";

            using (Stream stream = File.Open(SerializeBinaryFileName, FileMode.Open))
            {
                BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();
                yourData = bformatter.Deserialize(stream);
                stream.Close();
            }

Then you have your object graph in the yourData variable. You can read it as any other object graph can be read.

And will that work if file was serialized by Delphi for example? — seeker, Jul 21 '12 at 09:32

Binary deserialization: get object data

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