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Straight forward question. If CPU crashes during serialization, will the file be corrupted?

Example of .NET Serialization C#:

    public bool TrySerializeToXML<T>(String FilePath, T t, XmlAttributeOverrides XmlAttributeOverrides = null)

    {

        lock (SerializationLock)

        {

            XmlSerializer Serializer = null;

            try

            {

                if (XmlAttributeOverrides == null) Serializer = new XmlSerializer(t.GetType());

                else Serializer = new XmlSerializer(t.GetType(), XmlAttributeOverrides);

                using (TextWriter TextWriter = new StreamWriter(FilePath))

                {

                    Serializer.Serialize(TextWriter, t);

                }

            }

            catch

            {

                return false;

            }

            return true;

        }

    }

1. XmlSerializer works on a stream




2. That stream in this case is a FileStream




3. A FileStream works on a flushable Buffer (of default 4k), meaning when the buffer reaches its max it will flush it to disk

If application crashes or serialisation error happens during serialisation you are likely to have no (or only partial data) flushed to disk

Also Atomic is debatably the wrong word to use here, either way it definitely is'nt Atomic