Fast & Easy to use serializable Settings-Class

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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Compression;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace CKing.UniversalLibrary.Helpers
{
  [Serializable()]
  public class Settings : ISerializable
  {
    #region Properties

    // Write your Properties here.
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    // public string VarXYZ{ get; set; }

    #endregion Properties

    #region Constructor

    public Settings()
    {
      // And don't forget to set default values here.
      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

      // this.VarXYZ = string.Empty;
    }

    #endregion Constructor

    #region Serialization

    /// <summary>
    /// Deserialization Constructor
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="si"></param>
    /// <param name="sc"></param>
    public Settings(SerializationInfo si, StreamingContext sc)
    {
      this.SetPropertiesToObject(si, this);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialization Method
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="si"></param>
    /// <param name="sc"></param>
    public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo si, StreamingContext sc)
    {
      this.GetPropertiesFromObject(si, this);
    }

    private bool SetPropertiesToObject(SerializationInfo si, object obj)
    {
      try
      {
        if (obj == null)
          return false;

        MemberInfo[] miArray = obj.GetType().GetMembers();
        foreach (MemberInfo mi in miArray)
        {
          if (mi.MemberType == MemberTypes.Property)
          {
            PropertyInfo pi = (PropertyInfo)mi;

            string name = pi.Name;

            if (name == null && name.Length < 1)
              continue;

            try
            {
              if (pi.PropertyType.UnderlyingSystemType == typeof(string))
              {
                pi.SetValue(obj, (string)si.GetValue(name, typeof(string)), null);
              }
              else if (pi.PropertyType.UnderlyingSystemType == typeof(int))
              {
                pi.SetValue(obj, (int)si.GetValue(name, typeof(int)), null);
              }
              else if (pi.PropertyType.UnderlyingSystemType == typeof(bool))
              {
                pi.SetValue(obj, (bool)si.GetValue(name, typeof(bool)), null);
              }
              else
                continue;
            }
            catch
            {
              continue;
            }
          }
        }

        return true;
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
        System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(ex.ToString());

        return false;
      }
    }

    private bool GetPropertiesFromObject(SerializationInfo si, object obj)
    {
      try
      {
        if (obj == null)
          return false;

        MemberInfo[] miArray = obj.GetType().GetMembers();
        foreach (MemberInfo mi in miArray)
        {
          if (mi.MemberType == MemberTypes.Property)
          {
            PropertyInfo pi = (PropertyInfo)mi;

            string name = pi.Name;
            object value = pi.GetValue(obj, null);

            if (name != null && name.Length > 0 && value != null && value.ToString().Length > 0)
              si.AddValue(name, value, pi.PropertyType.UnderlyingSystemType);
          }
        }

        return true;
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
        System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(ex.ToString());

        return false;
      }
    }

    public static bool WriteToFile(string filename, object obj)
    {
      return Settings.BinarySerialize(filename, obj);
    }

    private static bool BinarySerialize(string filename, object obj)
    {
      try
      {
        DirectoryInfo di = new FileInfo(filename).Directory;
        if (obj != null && di != null && di.Exists)
        {
          using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create))
          {
            using (GZipStream zs = new GZipStream(fs, CompressionMode.Compress))
            {
              BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
              bf.Serialize(zs, obj);
            }
          }
        }
        return true;
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
        System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(ex.ToString());

        return false;
      }
    }

    public static object ReadFromFile(string filename)
    {
      return Settings.BinaryDeserialize(filename);
    }

    private static object BinaryDeserialize(string filename)
    {
      try
      {
        FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(filename);
        if (fi == null || !fi.Exists)
          return null;

        using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open))
        {
          using (GZipStream zs = new GZipStream(fs, CompressionMode.Decompress))
          {
            BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
            return bf.Deserialize(zs);
          }
        }
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
        System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(ex.ToString());

        return null;
      }
    }

    #endregion Serialization
  }
}