What is a better approach to serialize custom class: using XMLSerializer or BinarryFormatter and [Serializable] attribute on class?
What is a better approach to serialize custom class: using XMLSerializer or BinarryFormatter and
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What is a better approach to serialize custom class: using XMLSerializer or BinarryFormatter and [Serializable] attribute on class?
It’s not possible to answer this, without knowing how you will use the resulting file, and the lifetime of it.
The decision is based on the fact that it is harder to “upgrade” the binary format. If your object model changes, it won’t deserialise correctly. But if you’ve implemented a custom XML serialisation/deserialisation, then you can handle the “new” cases appropriately, and life will be good.
So decide more about how you will use it, who you are sharing information with, and what the possible changes to the model are.
FWIW, I sometimes use both types of serialisation in a given project.