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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Serialization
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Protocol buffers is google's binary serialization format. This is a .NET implementation of it.
+    /// You have to tag your classes with some annoying attributes, but in return you get the fastest serialization around with the smallest possible output.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class ProtobufSerializer
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This is an auto-generated Protobuf Serialization assembly for best performance.
+        /// It is created during the Model project's post-build event.
+        /// This means that this class can currently only handle types within the Model project.
+        /// If we need to, we can always add a param indicating whether or not the model serializer should be used.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static readonly ProtobufModelSerializer ProtobufModelSerializer = new ProtobufModelSerializer();
+
+        public static void SerializeToStream<T>(T obj, Stream stream)
+        {
+            ProtobufModelSerializer.Serialize(stream, obj);
+        }
+
+        public static T DeserializeFromStream<T>(Stream stream)
+            where T : class
+        {
+            return ProtobufModelSerializer.Deserialize(stream, null, typeof(T)) as T;
+        }
+
+        public static object DeserializeFromStream(Stream stream, Type type)
+        {
+            return ProtobufModelSerializer.Deserialize(stream, null, type);
+        }
+
+        public static void SerializeToFile<T>(T obj, string file)
+        {
+            using (Stream stream = File.Open(file, FileMode.Create))
+            {
+                SerializeToStream(obj, stream);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static T DeserializeFromFile<T>(string file)
+            where T : class
+        {
+            using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead(file))
+            {
+                return DeserializeFromStream<T>(stream);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}