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Serialization is the process by which data-structures are converted into a format that can be easily stored or transmitted and subsequently reconstructed.

Serialization is the process of converting a or object's state into a format that can be stored (for example, in a flat file or memory ) or transmitted over a network, to be reconstructed later maintaining data integrity - typically in a different run-time environment which may or may not be on the same computer.

The process of serializing an object is sometimes referred to as - however depending on the context / language this term may take on a slightly different meaning. The process of reconstructing a data structure from its serialized form is known as .

Popular formats for serialization are and .

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How does MicroStream (de)serialization work?

I was wondering how the serialization of MicroStream works in detail. Since it is described as "Super-Fast" it has to rely on code-generation, right? Or is it based on reflections? How would it perform in comparison to the Protobuf-Serialization,…
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Serializing and De-Serializing android.graphics.Bitmap in Java

I have started work on an my first android application and have the basis of an application that handles an image with multiple layers. I am able to export a flat version of the project file as a PNG but I would like to be able to save the layered…
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Saving content of a treeview to a file and load it later

In my C# WinForms program I have a treeview that only contains parent nodes (so, no childs) it is like a listbox but I needed it because of haveing differet properties of nodes like Name, Tag and Text. No I want to be able to save the content of…
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How to sort properties alphabetically when serializing JSON using Netwonsoft library?

When serializing objects using the Netwonsoft.JSON library, it's possible to specify the output order using JsonPropertyAttribute property Order. However, I would like to also sort alphabetically the properties by default on top of that.
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Why do you extend Serializable in Scala?

I'm going through some Sapark projects in Scala, and I see that all of the objects are extending Serializable . It's like : object someName extends Serializable { //some code } I understand that serialization is often used for storing or…
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Python list serialization - fastest method

I need to load (de-serialize) a pre-computed list of integers from a file in a Python script (into a Python list). The list is large (upto millions of items), and I can choose the format I store it in, as long as loading is fastest. Which is the…
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How to add @SerialVersionUID to an anonymous class?

I want to translate the following piece of code from Java to Scala: Foo foo = new Foo() { private static final long serialVersionUID = 12345L; } Class Foo is an abstract class. How does the equivalent code look like in Scala?
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Kotlin Serialization: "Unresolved reference: serializer"

I'm trying out Kotlin Serialization. After setting it up following the directions, I get the Unresolved reference: serializer build error with this code: val serializer : KSerializer = User.serializer() I'm speculating that somehow the…
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AttributeError : 'NoneType' object has no attribute '_meta'

The issue is I overridded the BaseUser to allow visitors to login with Email and Password instead of the Django default Username. Code works fine unless we introduce serializer. If I pass a User object to the User Serializer it gives…
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How to use saveRDS(..., refhook = ) parameter?

I have a complicated list object, the output of a modelling function (asreml). The object contains all sorts of data types, including functions and formulas, which have environments attached. I don't want to save the environments to RDS, because…
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Using Json.net - partial custom serialization of a c# object

I ma using Newtonsofts' Json.Net to serialize some and array of objects to json. The objects have a common set of properties but also have Meta property which is a dictionary During serialization I want the key value pairs to be added to my json…
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JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize : PascalCase to CamelCase

I have this javascript object var options: { windowTitle : '....', windowContentUrl : '....', windowHeight : 380, windowWidth : 480 } And I have this C# class public class…
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Is there a way to tell Serde to use a struct field as a map's key?

I have a map of items that I would like to serialize to a list of structs, each having a field for the corresponding key. Imagine having a YAML file like this: name_a: some_field: 0 name_b: some_field: 0 name_c: some_field: 0 And a…
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What is Serializable in Java?

Possible Duplicate: What does Serializable mean? I have class Person implements Serializable { } what is the use of that and what will happen if I simply use class Person { }
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Java Mysterious EOF exception with readObject

The following code produces an EOFException. Why is that? public static Info readInfoDataFromFile(Context context) { Info InfoData = null; FileInputStream fis = null; ObjectInputStream ois = null; Object object = null; if…
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