using System; using System.IO; namespace Google.Protobuf.Examples.AddressBook { internal class SampleUsage { private static void Main() { byte[] bytes; // Create a new person Person person = new Person { Id = 1, Name = "Foo", Email = "foo@bar", Phone = { new Person.Types.PhoneNumber { Number = "555-1212" } } }; using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream()) { // Save the person to a stream person.WriteTo(stream); bytes = stream.ToArray(); } Person copy = Person.Parser.ParseFrom(bytes); // A more streamlined approach might look like this: bytes = copy.ToByteArray(); // And read the address book back again AddressBook restored = AddressBook.Parser.ParseFrom(bytes); // The message performs a deep-comparison on equality: if (restored.Person.Count != 1 || !person.Equals(restored.Person[0])) { throw new ApplicationException("There is a bad person in here!"); } } } }