How to save/restore serializable object to/from file?

Question

I have a list of objects and I need to save that somewhere in my computer. I have read some forums and I know that the object has to be Serializable. But it wou

Answer 1

1. Restore Object From File

From Here you can deserialize an object from file in two way.

Solution-1: Read file into a string and deserialize JSON to a type

string json = File.ReadAllText(@"c:\myObj.json");
MyObject myObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);

Solution-2: Deserialize JSON directly from a file

using (StreamReader file = File.OpenText(@"c:\myObj.json"))
{
    JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
    MyObject myObj2 = (MyObject)serializer.Deserialize(file, typeof(MyObject));
}

2. Save Object To File

from here you can serialize an object to file in two way.

Solution-1: Serialize JSON to a string and then write string to a file

string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myObj);
File.WriteAllText(@"c:\myObj.json", json);

Solution-2: Serialize JSON directly to a file

using (StreamWriter file = File.CreateText(@"c:\myObj.json"))
{
    JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
    serializer.Serialize(file, myObj);
}

3. Extra

You can download Newtonsoft.Json from NuGet by following command

Install-Package Newtonsoft.Json