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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

[Serializable]
public class MyClass : ISerializable
{
  public string MyStringValue;
  public int MyIntValue;

  public MyClass(string s, int i){ 
      MyStringValue = s; 
      MyIntValue = i;
    }

  public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo si, StreamingContext ctx)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("[GetObjectData] Context State: {0}", ctx.State.ToString());

    si.AddValue("MyStringValue", MyStringValue.ToUpper());
    si.AddValue("MyIntValue", MyIntValue);
  }

  private MyClass(SerializationInfo si, StreamingContext ctx)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("[ctor] Context State: {0}",ctx.State.ToString());
    MyStringValue = si.GetString("MyStringValue");
    MyIntValue = si.GetInt32("MyIntValue");
  }
}

public class MainClass
{
  public static int Main(string[] args)
  {
    MyClass myAuto = new MyClass("Sid", 50);
    Stream myStream = File.Create("MyData.dat");
    
    BinaryFormatter myBinaryFormat = new BinaryFormatter();
    myBinaryFormat.Serialize(myStream, myAuto);
    myStream.Close();

    myStream = File.OpenRead("MyData.dat");
    MyClass carFromDisk = (MyClass)myBinaryFormat.Deserialize(myStream);
    Console.WriteLine("{0} is alive!\n", carFromDisk.MyStringValue);
    myStream.Close();
    return 0;
  }
}

[GetObjectData] Context State: All
[ctor] Context State: All
SID is alive!