Question

My application is storing contact information. User can edit them through DataGridView and so on. I’m saving those contact info through serializable class which looks like that:

    [Serializable]
public class Contact : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private string _fName;
    private string _lName;
    private string _pNumber;

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    public Contact(string firstName, string lastName, string phoneNumber, bool fromOutlook){...}

    public Contact(){...}

    public string FirstName{...}
    public string LastName{...}
    public string PhoneNumber{...}

    private void NotifyPropertyChanged(string name){...}
}

But I’m affraid it’s not the most efficient / neat format (if I just serialize the class).
Does anyone had similar task and solved it in a better manner?

Answer 1

There’s nothing wrong with using Serializable; it’s a great way to get an object to and from disk. If you’re worried about making the format human-readble, use XmlSerializer instead.