serialize c# object public method

Question

I have a C# class with a public method as below. I want to serialize this class in JSON using Newtownsoft. The problem is Json serialization only serialize public properties and fields. How would I get method serialized ?

     public class Employee
        {
            public void ExecuteSomeOperation()
            {
                //code...
            }
        }

Answer 1

You cannot serialize a C# method to a JSON object representation.

Answer 2

What would you expect to be serialized? 'code' is not normally serialized. However, probably you mean to serialize the 'output' of the function. This will probably contain of properties or variables, so create properties or variables and set them from this method; than the properties/variables will be serialized as such.

Answer 3

This is a binary serialization. You can't use json as you've already said yourself.

I am sure that you will adapt the next code sample for your case:

Serialize sample

Stream stream = File.Open("EmployeeInfo.osl", FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();

Console.WriteLine("Writing Employee Information");
bformatter.Serialize(stream, mp);
stream.Close();

Deserialize sample

//Open the file written above and read values from it.
stream = File.Open("EmployeeInfo.osl", FileMode.Open);
bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();

Console.WriteLine("Reading Employee Information");
mp = (Employee)bformatter.Deserialize(stream);
stream.Close();