SerializeArray.cs

This code demonstrates how to serialize and deserialize an ArrayXf object to/from a file. The code creates a 2D array of size 4x2, fills it with float values and writes it to a file. It then reads the data back and prints the content of the array.

using IOLink;
using System;
 
namespace Examples
{
    public class SerializeArray
    {
        static void SerializeArrayXf()
        {
            // path to a temporary file in the temp directory
            string tmpFilePath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath() + "serialization_array_net.txt";
 
            VectorXu64 shape = new VectorXu64(4, 2);
            ArrayXf arrayf = new ArrayXf(shape);
 
            // fill the array with some values, cell by cell
            arrayf.SetAt(new VectorXu64(0, 0), 0.0F);
            arrayf.SetAt(new VectorXu64(1, 0), 1.0F);
            arrayf.SetAt(new VectorXu64(2, 0), 2.0F);
            arrayf.SetAt(new VectorXu64(3, 0), 3.0F);
            arrayf.SetAt(new VectorXu64(0, 1), 10.0F);
            arrayf.SetAt(new VectorXu64(1, 1), 11.0F);
            arrayf.SetAt(new VectorXu64(2, 1), 12.0F);
            arrayf.SetAt(new VectorXu64(3, 1), 13.0F);
 
            Console.WriteLine("Serialize array into " + tmpFilePath);
 
            // open a streamAccess to serialize the array to a
            // file
            StreamAccess dst = StreamAccessFactory.OpenFileWrite(tmpFilePath);
 
            if (dst == null)
            {
                throw new Exception("Impossible to open file " + tmpFilePath);
            }
 
            // array is serialized to the file
            Serialization.EncodeArrayXf(arrayf, dst);
 
            // flush and close the streamAccess
            dst.Flush();
            dst = null;
 
            // open another streamAccess to read the serialized
            // array from the file
            StreamAccess src = StreamAccessFactory.OpenFileRead(tmpFilePath);
 
            if (src == null)
            {
                throw new Exception("Impossible to open file " + tmpFilePath);
            }
 
            // array is deserialized from the file
            ArrayXf arrayRead = Serialization.DecodeArrayXf(src);
 
            // print the content of the array
            Console.WriteLine("Content of unserialized array:" + arrayRead.ToString());
        }
 
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SerializeArrayXf();
 
            Console.WriteLine("SUCCESS");
        }
    }
}