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Fastest serializer and deserializer with lowest memory footprint in C#?

I’m using BinaryFormatter class to serialize an structure or a class. (after serialization, I’m going to encrypt the serialized file before saving. (And of course decrypt it before deserialization))

But I heard that some other serialization classes are present in .Net Framework. Like XmlSerializer, JavaScriptSerializer, DataContractSerializer and protobuf-net.

I want to know, which one is best for me?

Less RAM space needed for serialize/deserialize is the most important thing for me. Also speed is important.

Answer 1

See http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-net/wiki/Performance for a comparison of performance.