private static byte[] toByteArray(System.Object o)
{
if (o == null)
{
return(null);
}
/*need to synchronize use of the shared baos */
System.IO.MemoryStream baos = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
System.IO.BinaryWriter oos = new System.IO.BinaryWriter(baos);
SupportClass.Serialize(oos, o);
oos.Flush();
return(baos.ToArray());
}
