private static void EncodeNumber(MemoryStream buffer, long input)
{
buffer.Append(NumberStart);
buffer.Append(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Convert.ToString(input)));
buffer.Append(NumberEnd);
}
private static void EncodeDictionary(MemoryStream buffer, Dictionary<string,object> input)
{
buffer.Append(DictionaryStart);
// we need to sort the keys by their raw bytes, not the string
var sortedKeys = input.Keys.ToList().OrderBy(x => BitConverter.ToString(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(x)));
foreach (var key in sortedKeys)
{
EncodeString(buffer, key);
EncodeNextObject(buffer, input[key]);
}
buffer.Append(DictionaryEnd);
}
private static void EncodeList(MemoryStream buffer, List<object> input)
{
buffer.Append(ListStart);
foreach (var item in input)
EncodeNextObject(buffer, item);
buffer.Append(ListEnd);
}
private static void EncodeByteArray(MemoryStream buffer, byte[] body)
{
buffer.Append(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Convert.ToString(body.Length)));
buffer.Append(ByteArrayDivider);
buffer.Append(body);
}
