Deserialization error using Runtime Serialization with the Binary Formatter
- by Lily
When I am deserializing a hierarchy I get the following error
The input stream is not a valid binary
format. The starting contents (in
bytes) are The input stream is not a
valid binary format. The starting
contents (in bytes) are:
20-01-20-20-20-FF-FF-FF-FF-01-20-20-20-20-20-20-20
..."
Any help please?
Extra info:
public void Serialize(ISyntacticNode person)
{
Stream stream = File.Open(fileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
try
{
BinaryFormatter binary = new BinaryFormatter();
pList.Add(person);
binary.Serialize(stream, pList);
stream.Close();
}
catch
{
stream.Close();
}
}
public List<ISyntacticNode> Deserialize()
{
Stream stream = File.Open(fileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
BinaryFormatter binary = new BinaryFormatter();
try
{
pList = (List<ISyntacticNode>)binary.Deserialize(stream);
binary.Serialize(stream, pList);
stream.Close();
}
catch
{
pList = new List<ISyntacticNode>();
binary.Serialize(stream, pList);
stream.Close();
}
return pList;
}
I am Serializing a hierarchy which is of type Proxem.Antelope.Parsing.ISyntacticNode
Now I have gotten this error
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Binary stream '116' does not contain a valid BinaryHeader. Possible causes are invalid stream or object version change between serialization and deserialization.
i'm using a different instance. How may I avoid this error please
