/// <summary>
/// Serializes and compresses the provided object into a byte array
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The serializable object to process</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static byte[] Compress(object obj)
{
byte[] bytes;
var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
formatter.Serialize(memoryStream, obj);
bytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
}
return(FileCompressor.Compress(bytes));
}
/// <summary>
/// Decompress and deserialize an object from a byte array
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the serialized object</typeparam>
/// <param name="blob">The byte array containing the compressed object</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T Decompress <T>(byte[] blob)
{
T obj;
var decompressedBytes = FileCompressor.Decompress(blob);
var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(decompressedBytes))
{
obj = (T)formatter.Deserialize(memoryStream);
}
return(obj);
}