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C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development

You're reading from   C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development Create powerful cross-platform applications using C# 7, .NET Core, and Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio Code

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Published in Mar 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787129559
Length 594 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core! 2. Speaking C# FREE CHAPTER 3. Controlling the Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exceptions 4. Using .NET Standard Types 5. Debugging, Monitoring, and Testing 6. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming 7. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes 8. Working with Databases Using the Entity Framework Core 9. Querying and Manipulating Data with LINQ 10. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization 11. Protecting Your Data 12. Improving Performance and Scalability with Multitasking 13. Building Universal Windows Platform Apps Using XAML 14. Building Web Applications Using ASP.NET Core MVC 15. Building Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET Core Web API 16. Packaging and Deploying Your Code Cross-Platform A. Answers to the Test Your Knowledge Questions

Serializing object graphs

Serialization is the process of converting a live object into a sequence of bytes using a specified format. Deserialization is the reverse process.

There are dozens of formats you can choose, but the two most common ones are eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).

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Good Practice

JSON is more compact and is best for web and mobile applications. XML is more verbose, but is better supported in older systems. Ironically, Microsoft originally chose JSON for the project.json file format in .NET Core 1.0, but then changed their mind and went back to XML with the C# project .csproj file format!

.NET Core has multiple classes that will serialize to and from XML and JSON. We will start by looking at XmlSerializer and JsonSerializer.

Serializing with XML

Add a new console application project named Ch10_Serialization.

In Visual Studio 2017, in the Solution Explorer, right-click Dependencies and choose Manage NuGet Packages. Search for...

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