Read Binary Using BinaryFormatter Class In C#

This snippet opens a binary file for reading. It deserializes the object array stored in the binary file using the BinaryFormatter Class and displays the data to the console.

1. using System;
2. using System.IO;
3. using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
5. class Program
6. {
7.     static void Main(string[] args)
8.     {
9.         Stream bStream = File.Open("file.bin", FileMode.Open);
11.         BinaryFormatter bFormater = new BinaryFormatter();
12.         object[] contact = (object[])bFormater.Deserialize(bStream);
14.         for (int i = 0; i < contact.Length; i++)
15.         {
16.             object[] employee = (object[])contact[i];
17.             Console.WriteLine("First Name: " + employee[0]);
18.             Console.WriteLine("Surname: " + employee[1]);
19.         }
21.         Console.ReadKey();
22.     }
23. }