Visual Basic® 2010 Unleashed

Chapter 43. Serialization

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Objects Serialization

• XML Serialization

• Custom Serialization

• Serialization with XAML

• Serialization in Windows Communication Foundation

• Serialization in the ADO.NET Entity Framework

Most real-world applications need to store, exchange, and transfer data. Due to its special nature, the .NET Framework stores data into objects and can exchange data via objects. If you need to store data only for your application, you have lots of alternatives. The problem is when you need to exchange and transfer data with other applications. In other words, you need to think of how your objects are represented and decide if you need to convert them into a different format. This is because another application ...