[Mono-list] BinaryFormatter problem

[Lluis Sanchez]

> Hello,
>
> I am not sure wheter I am doing something wrong or it is a mono
> issue.( According to the mono status page,
> System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter is
> implemented)
>
> Could anybody please tell me why the last line of code throws an
> exception?
>
>   TcpClient c ;
>   try{
>     c= new TcpClient("192.168.0.1",8080);
>   }
>   catch(SocketException e){
>       ...
>   }
>   NetworkStream ns = c.GetStream();
>   BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
>   PackageServerToClient p = (PackageServerToClient) bf.Deserialize(ns); <<
THROWS
>
>
> The last line throws:
>
>   Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidCastException: Cannot cast from
source type
>   to destination type in <0x000f3> 00 .Client:Main ()
>
>
> The server application had serialized the object like that:
>
>   BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
>   bf.Serialize(ns,p);
>
>
> and the class PackageServerToClient has been declared with the
> [Serializable] attribute.

The only reason I can see with the available information is that what is
being deserialized from the network stream is not a PackageServerToClient
instance. To make sure, deserialize it as Object and check the type.

- Lluis
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Maurizio
>
>
>
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