Stream stream = null;
try
{
plugin.Initialize(); //plugin is IPlugin instance created with Activator.CreateInstance
stream = File.Open("serialized.txt", FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(stream, plugin); //Successful
stream.Close();
stream = File.Open("serialized.txt", FileMode.Open);
BinaryFormatter formatter2 = new BinaryFormatter();
object obj = formatter2.Deserialize(stream); //Fails
this.Text = obj.GetType().ToString();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
this.Text = ex.Message;
}
finally
{
stream.Close();
}