public static IWritablePacket Write <T>([NotNull] this IWritablePacket packet, T data) where T : class
{
// Check whether we have something.
if (data != null)
{
// Check its underlying type.
var type = data.GetType();
if (!IsPacketizable(type))
{
return(packet);
}
// Flag that we have something.
packet.Write(true);
// Packetize all fields, then give the object a chance to do manual
// serialization, e.g. of collections and such.
try
{
GetPacketizer(type)(packet, data);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new PacketException("Failed serializing " + type.Name, ex);
}
return(packet);
}
// Flag that we have nothing.
return(packet.Write(false));
}
public static IWritablePacket WriteWithTypeInfo <T>([NotNull] this IWritablePacket packet, T data)
where T : class
{
// Check whether we have something.
if (data != null)
{
// Check its underlying type.
var type = data.GetType();
if (!IsPacketizable(type))
{
return(packet);
}
// Flag that we have something.
packet.Write(true);
// Make sure we have a parameterless public constructor for deserialization.
System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(type.GetConstructor(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance, null, Type.EmptyTypes, null) != null);
// Store the type, which also tells us the value us not null.
packet.Write(type);
// Packetize all fields, then give the object a chance to do manual
// serialization, e.g. of collections and such.
try
{
GetPacketizer(type)(packet, data);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new PacketException("Failed serializing " + type.Name, ex);
}
return(packet);
}
// Flag that we have nothing.
return(packet.Write(false));
}