Object Oriented Programming using C#
Generic Collections and how to Serialize them
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Bank b = new Bank();
Account a;
int an; // account number;
a = new Account(“Bert”, “06/12/1963”);
b.AddAccount(1, a);
a = new Account(“Alice”, “14/08/1990”);
b.AddAccount(2, a);
a = new Account(“Claire”, “1/1/2000”);
b.AddAccount(3, a);
Console.WriteLine(“Stored data”);
foreach (KeyValuePair<int, Account> kvp in b.Accounts)
{
an = kvp.Key;
a = kvp.Value;
Console.WriteLine(“Account number: “ + an +
“\nAccount details: “ + a.ToString());
}
FileStream outFile = new FileStream(“AccountData”,
FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
BinaryFormatter bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
bFormatter.Serialize(outFile, b);
outFile.Close();
outFile.Dispose();
Bank b2 = new Bank();
FileStream inFile = new FileStream(“AccountData”, FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read);
b2 = (Bank)bFormatter.Deserialize(inFile);
inFile.Close();
inFile.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine(“\nRetrieved data”);
foreach (KeyValuePair<int, Account> kvp in b2.Accounts)
{
an = kvp.Key;
a = kvp.Value;
Console.WriteLine(“Account number: “ + an +
“\nAccount details: “ + a.ToString());
}
Console.ReadLine();
}The code above performs the following steps :-
• Firstly several bank accounts are created, added to the collection and the collection is then displayed.
• Next an output file is created
• A binary formatter is created as this is used by the serialization process.