There
are following differences between Xml Serialization and Binary Serialization.
1.
In Xml Serialization, the object is converted to XML file and in Binary Serialization,
object is converted into a binary file.
2.
Since object is converted into Xml file in Xml Serialization and hence it is
easily portable to other platform to reuse but in Binary Serialization, object
is converted to native binary copy of that object and hence it is not portable
to other platform because every platform has their own native structure.
3.
In Xml Serialization, some of object state is only saved but in Binary Serialization,
entire object state is saved.
4.
Xml Serializer serializes only public member of object but Binary Serializer
serializes all member whether public or private.
5.
In Xml Serializer, the class should have default constructor and class should
itself have public but Binary Serializer neither require default constructor
nor default access.
6.
Xml Serializer requires type of object to be serialized or deserialized but Binary
Serializer need not worry about the type of object.
7.
Xml Serializer need not mention serializable attribute on the class but Binary
Serializer need serializable attribute.
8.
Xml is more interoperable and human readable than binary.
9.
Binary Serialization is more efficient and fast. We can write an object in
binary form little faster than Xml or text. Binary data saves memory and
bandwidth and easier to parse than XML.
10.
In Xml Serialization, we use namespace named System.Xml.Serialization but in
Binary Serialization, we use namespace named
System.RunTime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.
