/// <summary>
/// Converts bytes received as data from the server in to managable data
/// </summary>
/// <param name="bytes">The bytes to be converted</param>
/// <returns>Managable BuddyListData array</returns>
public static BuddyListData[] BytesToBuddyListData(byte[] bytes)
{
ArrayList returnVal = new ArrayList();
int baseCount = 0;
while (baseCount < bytes.Length)
{
BuddyListData data = new BuddyListData();
data.userID = System.BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes,baseCount);
int usernameLength = System.BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, baseCount + 4);
data.username = System.Text.UnicodeEncoding.Unicode.GetString(bytes, baseCount + 8, usernameLength);
data.userState = (UserState)System.BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, baseCount + 8 + usernameLength);
baseCount += 12 + usernameLength;
returnVal.Add(data);
}
return (BuddyListData[])returnVal.ToArray(typeof(BuddyListData));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts BuddyListData[] into bytes to be sent across the network
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The BuddyListData to convert</param>
/// <returns>Bytes representing the given BuddyListData</returns>
public static byte[] BuddyListDataToBytes(BuddyListData[] data)
{
ArrayList temp = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
{
byte[] usernameBytes = System.Text.UnicodeEncoding.Unicode.GetBytes(data[i].username);
temp.AddRange(System.BitConverter.GetBytes(data[i].userID));
temp.AddRange(System.BitConverter.GetBytes(usernameBytes.Length));
temp.AddRange(usernameBytes);
temp.AddRange(System.BitConverter.GetBytes((int)data[i].userState));
}
return (byte[])temp.ToArray(typeof(byte));
}