// Convert a byte array to an Object
public static object ToObject(byte[] bytes)
{
switch (bytes[0]) {
case 0: return null;
default:
case 1:
using (var m = new MemoryStream()) {
m.Write(bytes, 1, bytes.Length-1);
m.Flush();
m.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
using (var zs = new System.IO.Compression.DeflateStream(m, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress, true)) {
var f = new BinaryFormatter();
return f.Deserialize(zs);
}
}
break;
case 2:
using (var m = new MemoryStream()) {
m.Write(bytes, 1, bytes.Length-1);
m.Flush();
m.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
using (var zs = new System.IO.Compression.DeflateStream(m, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress, true)) {
return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(zs.ToArray());
}
}
case 3: return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes.Skip(1).ToArray());
case 4: return "";
}
}