Serialization in .Net

Serialization is the process of converting an object into a form that can be easily and readily transported. It is also called as deflating or marshaling. For more details about serialization, please read the following link. 

We know that after creation of object, it reside in memory as long as program run.CLR takes care of every propose and dispose of object in memory. The content of object is stored in memory temporarily. But if we would need object’s content for future use then how we will do?In this case, serialization works to fulfill our purpose.

 Basic of Serialization

 There are three types of serialization in .Net Framework

1.XML Serialization or Custom Serialization or Shallow Serialization.

2. Soap Serialization.

3. Binary Serialization.

 Soap and Binary are also called as deep serialization. 

WSDL-The Introduction

WSDL-Web Services Description Language


It is an XML- based interface description language for web service. It is a standard to describe the functionality and its capabilities.It is a document written in XML and describes the information about web services such as path and methods exposed by it.
Since WSDL describes the web services and even written in XML so there must be some structure and elements in it to present and describe it. There are six common elements as shown below.

1. Types
2. Message
3. PortType
4. Binding
5. Port
6. Service

WSDL-The Architecture

There are two parts of WSDL as abstract part and concrete part.

Abstract Part

It describes what a service do (means operations and methods).

Concrete Part

It describes how a service is accessed and from which location (Data format, Protocol details and address/URL details).

 PortTypes

 It defines a web services as operations that can be performed and message involved. It defines a method signature for each operation.

Message

It describes the parameters and message used by methods or operations.

Type

It defines the data types that is used by the services

Binding

It defines the message format and communication protocol used by the services. It binds the method to a particular protocol.

Port

It defines specific methods and its URI.

Service

It is a collection of ports.