public static PropertyItem2 FromBlob(string blob)
{
PropertyItem2 pi2;
if (blob.Length > 0 && blob[0] == '<')
{
string idStr = GetProperty(blob, idPropertyName);
string lenStr = GetProperty(blob, lenPropertyName);
string typeStr = GetProperty(blob, typePropertyName);
string valueStr = GetProperty(blob, valuePropertyName);
int id = int.Parse(idStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
int len = int.Parse(lenStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
short type = short.Parse(typeStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
byte[] value = Convert.FromBase64String(valueStr);
pi2 = new PropertyItem2(id, len, type, value);
}
else
{
// Old way of serializing: .NET serialized!
byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(blob);
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes);
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
SerializationFallbackBinder sfb = new SerializationFallbackBinder();
sfb.AddAssembly(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
bf.Binder = sfb;
pi2 = (PropertyItem2)bf.Deserialize(ms);
}
return(pi2);
}
/// <summary>
/// Copies the given PropertyItem.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pi">The PropertyItem to clone.</param>
/// <returns>A copy of the given PropertyItem.</returns>
public static PropertyItem ClonePropertyItem(PropertyItem pi)
{
byte[] valueClone;
if (pi.Value == null)
{
valueClone = new byte[0];
}
else
{
valueClone = (byte[])pi.Value.Clone();
}
PropertyItem2 pi2 = new PropertyItem2(pi.Id, pi.Len, pi.Type, valueClone);
return pi2.ToPropertyItem();
}
/// <summary>
/// Copies the given PropertyItem.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pi">The PropertyItem to clone.</param>
/// <returns>A copy of the given PropertyItem.</returns>
public static PropertyItem ClonePropertyItem(PropertyItem pi)
{
byte[] valueClone;
if (pi.Value == null)
{
valueClone = new byte[0];
}
else
{
valueClone = (byte[])pi.Value.Clone();
}
PropertyItem2 pi2 = new PropertyItem2(pi.Id, pi.Len, pi.Type, valueClone);
return(pi2.ToPropertyItem());
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes a PropertyItem into a string blob.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pi">The PropertyItem to serialize.</param>
/// <returns>A string that may be later deserialized using DeserializePropertyItem.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Note to implementors: The format for the serialized data is intentionally opaque for programmatic users
/// of this class. However, since this data goes into .PDN files, it must be carefully maintained. See
/// the PropertyItem2 class for details.
/// </remarks>
public static string SerializePropertyItem(PropertyItem pi)
{
PropertyItem2 pi2 = PropertyItem2.FromPropertyItem(pi);
return(pi2.ToBlob());
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new, zero-filled PropertyItem.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A PropertyItem that is zero-filled.</returns>
public static PropertyItem CreatePropertyItem()
{
PropertyItem2 pi2 = new PropertyItem2(0, 0, 0, new byte[0]);
return(pi2.ToPropertyItem());
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes a PropertyItem from a string previously returned from SerializePropertyItem.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="piBlob">The string data to deserialize.</param>
/// <returns>A PropertyItem instance.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Note to implementors: The format for the serialized data is intentionally opaque for programmatic users
/// of this class. However, since this data goes into .PDN files, it must be carefully maintained. See
/// the PropertyItem2 class for details.
/// </remarks>
public static PropertyItem DeserializePropertyItem(string piBlob)
{
PropertyItem2 pi2 = PropertyItem2.FromBlob(piBlob);
return(pi2.ToPropertyItem());
}
public static PropertyItem2 FromBlob(string blob)
{
PropertyItem2 pi2;
if (blob.Length > 0 && blob[0] == '<')
{
string idStr = GetProperty(blob, idPropertyName);
string lenStr = GetProperty(blob, lenPropertyName);
string typeStr = GetProperty(blob, typePropertyName);
string valueStr = GetProperty(blob, valuePropertyName);
int id = int.Parse(idStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
int len = int.Parse(lenStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
short type = short.Parse(typeStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
byte[] value = Convert.FromBase64String(valueStr);
pi2 = new PropertyItem2(id, len, type, value);
}
else
{
// Old way of serializing: .NET serialized!
byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(blob);
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes);
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
SerializationFallbackBinder sfb = new SerializationFallbackBinder();
sfb.AddAssembly(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
bf.Binder = sfb;
pi2 = (PropertyItem2)bf.Deserialize(ms);
}
return pi2;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new, zero-filled PropertyItem.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A PropertyItem that is zero-filled.</returns>
public static PropertyItem CreatePropertyItem()
{
PropertyItem2 pi2 = new PropertyItem2(0, 0, 0, new byte[0]);
return pi2.ToPropertyItem();
}