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    <p>What is the best way to store instances of a class to file/database?</p> <p>We have a base class called Command and loads of derived classes. Users create instances of these classes by adding commands to a graphical designer where they can configure them. (Set the properties).</p> <p>We then need a way to store these "commands" to a file without losing any information.</p> <p>One idea was to use db4o, but the GPL license is not acceptable for this project.</p> <p>Any suggestions or code samples?</p> <p>Update:</p> <p>(In order to "de-blurryfie" my question :p)</p> <p>The generated code might look something like:</p> <pre><code> command[i++] = new DelayInSecondsCommand(2); command[i++] = new DaliRequestCommand(1, false, 254); command[i++] = new DaliRequestCommand(2, false, 254); command[i++] = new DaliRequestCommand(3, false, 254); command[i++] = new WaitInSecondsCommand(2); command[i++] = new DaliRequestCommand(1, false, 0); command[i++] = new DaliRequestCommand(2, false, 0); command[i++] = new DaliRequestCommand(3, false, 0); command[i++] = new JumpCommand(0); </code></pre> <p>But then with loads of different commands.</p> <p>I know it's possible with .NET serialization, altough I've never used it before, but I was wondering if there are better alternatives, like I said db4o seems nice but the license doesn't fit the project.</p> <p>Update 2:</p> <p>Thank you for the replies. I'll probably go with the serialization solution now, but I'll look into the other options as well. F.Y.I. data is stored in a SQL Compact database.</p>
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