/// <summary>
/// Serializes the trace into a byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>an array of bytes representing both the trace header and data</returns>
public byte[] GetBytes()
{
byte[] headerBytes = Header.GetBytes();
byte[] traceBytes = new byte[headerBytes.Length + Data.Length * sizeof(float)];
float[] traceDataCpy = new float[Data.Length];
byte[] traceDataBytes = new byte[Data.Length * sizeof(float)];
// copy header bytes to output byte array
Buffer.BlockCopy(headerBytes, 0, traceBytes, 0, headerBytes.Length);
// copy data float array to copy array
Buffer.BlockCopy(Data, 0, traceDataCpy, 0, traceDataCpy.Length * sizeof(float));
IbmConverter.float_to_ibm(traceDataCpy, traceDataCpy, traceDataCpy.Length);
Buffer.BlockCopy(traceDataCpy, 0, traceDataBytes, 0, traceDataBytes.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < traceDataCpy.Length; i++)
{
//var ibmBytes = IbmConverter.GetBytes(Data[i]);
for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++)
{
traceBytes[240 + i * 4 + j] = traceDataBytes[i * 4 + j];
}
}
return(traceBytes);
}