Sunny
7/19/2004 2:37:00 PM
Hi,
In article <O23R075aEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, "Eric Dettinger"
<eric AT sandshadow FULLSTOP com> says...
> I keep seeing that a SoapFormatter is ideal for communication between
> applications that use incompatible architecture, whereas
> BinaryFormatter can only be understood by .NET applications. How
> exactly does the SoapFormatter provide interoperability when it is a
> .NET class itself?
>
This is not completely true. Mono (www.project-mono.com) is completely
binary compatible (in terms of serialization). The problem may occur is
passing between .net and mono some buildin classes (like hashtables),
because the internal implementation may differ. But for simple types,
and user defined types it is completely compatible.
Sunny