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What is Serialization in .NET? SoapFormatter, BinaryFormatter, XmlFormatter?

Serialization - The process of converting an object into a stream of bytes. This stream of bytes can be persisted. Deserialization is an opposite process, which involves converting a stream of bytes into an object. Serialization is used usually during remoting (while transporting objects) and to persist file objecst & database objects.

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