C# send structure objects through socket

Question

i have done a bit of reading in client/server programming in c#. i am familiar enough with this process to ask the following question:

how do i transmit structure ob

Answer 1

You can create a NetworkStream based on a Socket, and use any Stream mechanism to transport your data. That translates your question to: How can I read/write a struct from/to a Stream.

You can use Serialization but also a BinaryWriter/BinaryReader. For a small struct (like you describe) I would write some custom methods:

var netStream = new NetworkStream(clientSocket, true);
var writer = new BinaryWriter(netStream);

writer.Write(data.Value1);
writer.Write(data.Value2);

For larger structures I would consider Cheeso's Marshaling option.