what is the best way to pass data in socket with limited bandwidth

[chrisben]

Hi,

I have a bunch of data with basic structure as
class A{
public string;
public float:
public DateTime;
public int;
}

I originally pass it by socket as a xml string. However, due the large
volume of data and limited bandwidth, it seems not an efficient way. So in
C#, what is the best way to pass the data in socket with a compressed size?
Thanks

Chris

 

[sloan]

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=dotnet&seqNum=210
The binary formatter produces the smallest serialization stream.

 

[chrisben]

thanks. the link is helpful.

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=dotnet&seqNum=210
The binary formatter produces the smallest serialization stream.

 

[sloan]

You should also consider a WCF service with tcp

http://sholliday.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!A68482B9628A842A!158.entry

That is a quick demo I wrote up............that gives you "true" DotNet
objects on both sides of the "wire".