/// <summary>
/// Serializes a <see cref="ArgCollection" /> instance to a byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">The input <see cref="ArgCollection" />.</param>
/// <returns>The serialized byte array.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown if <paramref name="input" /> is <c>null</c>.</exception>
public static byte[] ToBytes(ArgCollection input)
{
using (var ms = new EnhancedMemoryStream())
{
input.Write(ms);
return(ms.ToArray());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a shallow clone of this instance.
/// </summary>
public ArgCollection Clone()
{
ArgCollection clone = new ArgCollection(assignChar, sepChar);
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> entry in dictionary)
{
clone.dictionary.Add(entry.Key, entry.Value);
}
return(clone);
}