Serialize Object in Session?

[nick]

Is it recommended to serialize a custom object when putting it in session?

I have a User object with properties ID, FirstName, LastName, and an
array of Permissions which I would like to keep in session. Should I
first serialize it to put it in session? I read that this is not
necessary, but I'm wondering about memory usage and performance. I
realize that serializing/deserializing the object will take time, but
will the serialized object consume less memory than the non serialized
object? If so, will it be significant. Thanks.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Is it recommended to serialize a custom object when putting it in session?

No.

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[George Ter-Saakov]

Serialize objects can recreate themselves from the stream.

So usually serialized representation of the object takes up more space than
object itself.

George.