/// <summary>
/// Copies all data to the given stream starting at it's current position prefixed with 8 bytes containing the size.
/// </summary>
public static long CopyToWithSize(this ISerializableToStream serializable, Stream stream)
{
var position = stream.Position;
stream.Write(new byte[8], 0, 8);
// copy the actual data.
var size = serializable.CopyTo(stream);
// write the size.
stream.Seek(position, SeekOrigin.Begin);
stream.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(size), 0, 8);
// reposition stream.
stream.Seek(position + 8 + size, SeekOrigin.Begin);
return(size + 8);
}
private void WriteGuidToStream(ISerializableToStream xiObjectToSerialize)
{
byte[] lGuidBytes = xiObjectToSerialize.GetType().GetSerializationGuid().ToByteArray();
mStream.Write(lGuidBytes, 0, lGuidBytes.Length);
}
private void Serialize(ISerializableToStream xiObjectToSerialize)
{
WriteGuidToStream(xiObjectToSerialize);
xiObjectToSerialize.Serialize(mStream);
mStream.Flush();
}