Bois doesn't support object parameters? about bois HOT 3 CLOSED

The reason why BinaryFormatter can serialize/deserialze the "object" is the same reason it is slow and produces big files.
Use generics like this it should be just fine:
byte[] ToBois(this T obj)

private static readonly BoisSerializer Serializer = new BoisSerializer();
public static byte[] ToBois<T>(this T obj) {
	using (var ms = new MemoryStream()) {
		Serializer.Serialize(obj, ms);
		return ms.ToArray();
	}
}
public static T FromBois<T>(this byte[] bytes) {
	return Serializer.Deserialize<T>(new MemoryStream(bytes));
}

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Too bad. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with BinaryFormatter, then. Not only does Bois not work with a class cast as an object, but it won't serialize any child members of a generic class if they're stored as objects.

Does it really kill performance/output size to reflect an object's type?

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Yes it does kill performance/size. The performance come from planned deserialization. With dynamic objects can't do that.
You may find other binary serializers able to retain the object type in the process.

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