/// <summary>
/// Decompresses object saved at the given file path and returns it.
/// </summary>
public static object LoadAndDecompress(string path)
{
FileStream fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);
//read compressed object (length first)
BinaryReader binaryReader = new BinaryReader(fs);
int length = binaryReader.ReadInt32();
byte[] compressed = binaryReader.ReadBytes(length);
//decompress it
byte[] bytesUncompressed = Compr.Decompress(compressed);
//deserialize the decompressed object
MemoryStream objectDeSerialization = new MemoryStream(bytesUncompressed);
BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();
object toReturn = bformatter.Deserialize(objectDeSerialization);
//close everything
objectDeSerialization.Close();
binaryReader.Close();
fs.Close();
//return result
return(toReturn);
}
/// <summary>
/// Compresses given object and writes it to the given file path.
/// </summary>
public static void CompressAndSave(string path, object obj)
{
FileStream fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create);
//serialize the object
MemoryStream objectSerialization = new MemoryStream();
BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();
bformatter.Serialize(objectSerialization, obj);
//compressed the serialized object
byte[] compressed = Compr.Compress(objectSerialization.GetBuffer());
//write compressed object (length first)
BinaryWriter binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(fs);
binaryWriter.Write(compressed.Length);
binaryWriter.Write(compressed);
//and close everything
binaryWriter.Close();
objectSerialization.Close();
fs.Close();
}
