Write Binary Using BinaryFormatter Class In C#

This snippet shows how to serialize an object using the BinaryFormatter Class and save the data to a file.

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.Create);
11.         object[] employee1 = { "John" , "Doe" };
12.         object[] employee2 = { "Tom" , "Baker" };
13.         object[] contacts = { employee1, employee2  };
15.         BinaryFormatter bFormater = new BinaryFormatter();
16.         bFormater.Serialize(bStream, contacts);
18.         Console.ReadKey();
19.     }
20. }