C#

public static object RawDeserialize(byte[] rawdatas, Type anytype)
     {
       int rawsize = Marshal.SizeOf(anytype);

       if (rawsize != rawdatas.Length)
       { return null; }

       IntPtr buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(rawsize);

       Marshal.Copy(rawdatas, 0, buffer, rawsize);

       object retobj = Marshal.PtrToStructure(buffer, anytype);

       Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer);
       return retobj;
     }

<br />
{"Type 'XXXXX.MyAccount' cannot be marshaled as an unmanaged structure; no meaningful size or offset can be computed."}<br />

<br />
class MyAccount<br />
{<br />
...<br />
public List&lt;Invoicesgt; GroupList;<br />
}<br />

<br />
 using (System.IO.MemoryStream stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream())<br />
{<br />
	BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();<br />
	formatter.Serialize(stream, result);<br />
	byte[] BinAcct = stream.ToArray());<br />
}<br />

<br />
DataContractSerializer dataContractSerializer = new DataContractSerializer(Acct.GetType());<br />
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())<br />
{<br />
dataContractSerializer.WriteObject(memoryStream, Acct);<br />
btAccountSet = new byte[memoryStream.Length];<br />
Array.Copy(memoryStream.GetBuffer(), btAccountSet, btAccountSet.Length);<br />
}<br />

<br />
1. Serialize side:<br />
DataContractSerializer serial = new DataContractSerializer(Acct.GetType());<br />
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())<br />
{<br />
	serial.WriteObject(memoryStream, oAcct);<br />
	btPayload = new byte[memoryStream.Length];<br />
	Array.Copy(memoryStream.GetBuffer(), btPayload, btPayload.Length);<br />
}<br />
                <br />
2. Deserialize side:			<br />
byte[] raw = (byte[]) GetPayload();<br />
serial = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(MyAccount));<br />
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(raw))<br />
{<br />
	memoryStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);<br />
	oAcct = (MyAccount) serial.ReadObject(memoryStream);<br />
}<br />

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as for maintenance it's perfectly maintainable.

Mark Nischalke wrote:

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