/// <summary>
/// Encodes the curve point in a byte buffer.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="encoding">The encoding scheme used to encode the point in the buffer.</param>
/// <returns>Byte buffer containing the encoded curve point.</returns>
public byte[] ToBytes(PointEncoding encoding = PointEncoding.Compressed)
{
using (var ctx = BigNumberContextHandle.Create())
{
int requiredBufferLength = ECPointHandle.ToByteBuffer(_ecGroup, Handle, encoding, null, ctx);
byte[] buffer = new byte[requiredBufferLength];
int writtenBytes = ECPointHandle.ToByteBuffer(_ecGroup, Handle, encoding, buffer, ctx);
Debug.Assert(writtenBytes == requiredBufferLength);
return(buffer);
}
}
