/// <summary>
/// Converts the MPKCPrivateKey to an encoded MemoryStream
/// </summary>
///
/// <returns>The Private Key encoded as a MemoryStream</returns>
public MemoryStream ToStream()
{
BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(new MemoryStream());
// length
writer.Write(m_N);
// dimension
writer.Write(m_K);
// gf
writer.Write(m_gField.GetEncoded());
// gp
byte[] gp = m_goppaPoly.GetEncoded();
writer.Write(gp.Length);
writer.Write(gp);
// p1
byte[] p = m_P1.GetEncoded();
writer.Write(p.Length);
writer.Write(p);
// check matrix
byte[] h = m_H.GetEncoded();
writer.Write(h.Length);
writer.Write(h);
// length of first dimension
writer.Write(m_qInv.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < m_qInv.Length; i++)
{
// roots
byte[] qi = m_qInv[i].GetEncoded();
writer.Write(qi.Length);
writer.Write(qi);
}
writer.BaseStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
return((MemoryStream)writer.BaseStream);
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the key pair to a byte array
/// </summary>
///
/// <returns>The encoded key pair</returns>
public byte[] ToBytes()
{
BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(new MemoryStream());
// length
writer.Write(N);
// dimension
writer.Write(K);
// gf
writer.Write(_gField.GetEncoded());
// gp
byte[] gp = _goppaPoly.GetEncoded();
writer.Write(gp.Length);
writer.Write(gp);
// p1
byte[] p = _P1.GetEncoded();
writer.Write(p.Length);
writer.Write(p);
// check matrix
byte[] h = _H.GetEncoded();
writer.Write(h.Length);
writer.Write(h);
// length of first dimension
writer.Write(_qInv.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < _qInv.Length; i++)
{
// roots
byte[] qi = _qInv[i].GetEncoded();
writer.Write(qi.Length);
writer.Write(qi);
}
return(((MemoryStream)writer.BaseStream).ToArray());
}