C# object to string and back

Question

My problem:
I have a dynamic codecompiler which can compile a snippet of code. The rest of the code. (imports, namespace, class, main function) is already there. The snipp

Answer 1

Serialize the object using the BinaryFormatter, and then return the bytes as a string (Base64 encoded). Doing it backwards gives you your object back.

public string ObjectToString(object obj)
{
   using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
   {
     new BinaryFormatter().Serialize(ms, obj);         
     return Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray());
   }
}

public object StringToObject(string base64String)
{    
   byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(base64String);
   using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes, 0, bytes.Length))
   {
      ms.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
      ms.Position = 0;
      return new BinaryFormatter().Deserialize(ms);
   }
}