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Asked: 2026-05-15T00:02:50+00:00

This is a three part question. One: Would using a Dictionary<String,Object> be a good

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This is a three part question.

One: Would using a

Dictionary<String,Object>

be a good way of saving data where it would be 

Dictionary<Key,Value>

as the basis?

Two: What would be a better way without using app.settings or xml?

Three: How would you serialize this(Or the better solution) into a binary format that is compact and serializes quickly?

Xml is very verbose and I was looking for binary due to it’s size.
Also, if I used Dictionary, it would have been easy to make a settings class with simply 

GetValue(Key) and SetValue(Key,Obj)
or object.SetValue(Settings,Key) using extensions.

I am making my application open for plugins so I wanted a uniform spec for settings that all applications use.

Rolling my own class using Dictionary as the basis made sense if I could serialize it into a file.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try using protobuf-net. This would solve all three of your problems. I looked at it last week, and replaced my entire xml-based messaging infrastructure in just a couple of days. Marc Gravell is a frequent contributor on here, and he was very prompt and helpful in his replies to my queries.

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