How to serialize/deserialize an object loaded from another assembly?

Question

I want to serialize/deserialize an object that has been instantiated by another object loaded from an assembly:

Interfaces.cs (from a referenced assembly, Interfaces

Answer 1

Do you want to (de)serialize using binary format? If no you may use the following:

P.S. This is not an solution but some kind of workaround.

Some assembly

public interface ISomeInterface { ISettings Settings { get; set; } }

public interface ISettings : ISerializable
{
    DateTime StartDate { get; }
}

public class SerializeHelper
{
    public static void Serialize(string path, T item)
    {
        var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
        using (TextWriter textWriter = new StreamWriter(path, false, Encoding.UTF8))
        {
            serializer.Serialize(textWriter, T item);
        }
    }
}

SerializeHelper.Serialize(@"%temp%\sample.xml", instanceOfISomeInterface);

Some other assembly

public interface ISomeOtherInterface
{
ISettings Settings { get; set; }
}

public class DeSerializeHelper
{
    public static T Deserialize(string path)
    {
   T instance = default(T);
   var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TestData));
   using (TextReader r = new StreamReader(path, Encoding.UTF8))
   {
      instance = (T)serializer.Deserialize(r);
   }
   return instance;
    }
}

ISomeOtherInterface instance = DeSerializeHelper.Deserialize(@"%temp%\sample.xml")