serialisation.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json; // Install this by using NuGet package manager

namespace SerialisationDemo
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Student std1 = new Student();

            std1.Name = "John Doe";
            std1.Age = 25;
            std1.Hobbies = new List<string> { "music", "reading", "travelling" };
            std1.Grades = new Dictionary<string, float> { { "math", 75 }, { "science", 73 }, { "english", 81 } };

            // Serialisation: Convert C# object to a string representation (JSON)
            string serialisedStd1 = JsonSerializer.Serialize(std1);
            Console.WriteLine($"Student Object: {std1}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Student Object Serialised: {serialisedStd1}");

            Student deserialiserdStudent = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Student>(serialisedStd1);

            Console.WriteLine($"std1 == deserialisedStudent: {std1.Equals(deserialiserdStudent)}");

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

    class Student {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }
        public List<string> Hobbies { get; set; }
        public Dictionary<string, float> Grades { get; set; }

        public bool Equals(Student student)
        {
            if (!student.Name.Equals(Name))
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"{student.Name} != {Name}");
                return false;
            }
            if (student.Age != Age)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"{student.Age} != {Age}");
                return false;
            }
            return true;
        }
    }
}