serialize in .NET, deserialize in C++

Question

I have a .NET application which serializes an object in binary format. this object is a struct consisting of a few fields.

I must deserialize and use this object in a C+

Answer 1

Agree with others. You are making your app very vulnerable by doing this. Consider the situation if one of the classes you're serializing is changed in any way or built on a later version of the C# compiler: Your serialized classes could potentially change causing them to be unreadable.

An XML based solution might work well. Have you considered SOAP? A little out of fashion now but worth a look. The main issue is to decouple the implementation from the data. You can do this in binary if speed / efficiency is an issue, although in my experience, it rarely is.