/// <summary>
/// Encodes a value into a byte array
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of value to encode</typeparam>
/// <param name="value">The value to encode</param>
/// <returns>The byte array</returns>
public static byte[] EncodeBytes <T>(T value)
{
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
TagWriter writer = new TagWriter(ms);
TagWriterSink sink = new TagWriterSink(writer, Value <T> .Schema);
Value <T> .Save(sink, value);
return(ms.ToArray());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Encodes a value into a byte array
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of value to encode</typeparam>
/// <param name="buffer">The buffer to encode into</param>
/// <param name="offset">The offset to begin encoding</param>
/// <param name="value">The value to encode</param>
/// <returns>The next offset</returns>
public static int Encode <T>(byte[] buffer, int offset, T value)
{
using (var ms = new MemoryStream(buffer, offset, buffer.Length, true))
{
TagWriter writer = new TagWriter(ms);
TagWriterSink sink = new TagWriterSink(writer, Value <T> .Schema);
Value <T> .Save(sink, value);
offset = (int)ms.Position;
}
return(offset);
}
/// <summary>
/// Encodes a value to a generic object
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the value</typeparam>
/// <param name="value">The value to encode</param>
/// <returns>The generic object</returns>
public static GenericValue Encode <T>(T value)
{
byte[] tag;
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
TagWriter writer = new TagWriter(ms);
TagWriterSink sink = new TagWriterSink(writer, Value <T> .Schema);
Value <T> .Save(sink, value);
tag = ms.ToArray();
}
return(new TaggedGenericValue(tag, 0, tag.Length));
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructs a new TagWriterSink
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer">The tag writer instance to write to</param>
/// <param name="schema">The schema for the types to write</param>
public TagWriterSink(TagWriter writer, ISchema schema)
{
this._writer = writer;
this._state = new SchemaState(schema, 255, -1);
this._stack = new Stack <SchemaState>(4);
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructs a new TagWriterSink
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer">The tag writer instance to write to</param>
/// <param name="schema">The schema for the types to write</param>
public TagWriterSink(TagWriter writer, ISchema schema)
{
this._writer = writer;
this._state = new SchemaState(schema, 255, -1);
this._stack = new Stack<SchemaState>(4);
}
