/// <summary>
/// Marshals a managed object to an array of bytes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to marshal.</param>
/// <returns>A array of bytes corresponding to the managed object.</returns>
public byte[] ObjectToByteArray(object obj)
{
// We'll tried to avoid marshalling as it really slows the process
// First, check if the type can be converted without marhsalling
try
{
switch (TypeCode)
{
case TypeCode.Object:
if (IsIntPtr)
{
switch (Size)
{
case 4:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes(((IntPtr)(object)obj).ToInt32()));
case 8:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes(((IntPtr)(object)obj).ToInt64()));
}
}
break;
case TypeCode.Boolean:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((bool)(object)obj));
case TypeCode.Char:
return(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(new[] { (char)(object)obj }));
case TypeCode.Double:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((double)(object)obj));
case TypeCode.Int16:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((short)(object)obj));
case TypeCode.Int32:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((int)(object)obj));
case TypeCode.Int64:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((long)(object)obj));
case TypeCode.Single:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((float)(object)obj));
case TypeCode.String:
throw new InvalidCastException("This method doesn't support string conversion.");
case TypeCode.UInt16:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((ushort)(object)obj));
case TypeCode.UInt32:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)(object)obj));
case TypeCode.UInt64:
return(BitConverter.GetBytes((ulong)(object)obj));
default:
break;
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.WriteLine(e);
}
// Check if it's not a common type
// Allocate a block of unmanaged memory
using var unmanaged = new LocalUnmanagedMemory(Size);
// Write the object inside the unmanaged memory
unmanaged.Write(obj);
// Return the content of the block of unmanaged memory
return(unmanaged.Read());
}
/// <summary>
/// Marshals an array of byte to a managed object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="byteArray">The array of bytes corresponding to a managed object.</param>
/// <param name="index">[Optional] Where to start the conversion of bytes to the managed object.</param>
/// <returns>A managed object.</returns>
public object ByteArrayToObject(byte[] byteArray, int index = 0)
{
// We'll tried to avoid marshalling as it really slows the process
// First, check if the type can be converted without marshalling
try
{
switch (TypeCode)
{
case TypeCode.Object:
if (IsIntPtr)
{
switch (byteArray.Length)
{
case 1:
return((object)new IntPtr(BitConverter.ToInt32(new byte[] { byteArray[index], 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 }, index)));
case 2:
return((object)new IntPtr(BitConverter.ToInt32(new byte[] { byteArray[index], byteArray[index + 1], 0x0, 0x0 }, index)));
case 4:
return((object)new IntPtr(BitConverter.ToInt32(byteArray, index)));
case 8:
return((object)new IntPtr(BitConverter.ToInt64(byteArray, index)));
default:
break;
}
}
break;
case TypeCode.Boolean:
return((object)BitConverter.ToBoolean(byteArray, index));
case TypeCode.Byte:
return((object)byteArray[index]);
case TypeCode.Char:
return((object)Encoding.UTF8.GetChars(byteArray)[index]);
case TypeCode.Double:
return((object)BitConverter.ToDouble(byteArray, index));
case TypeCode.Int16:
return((object)BitConverter.ToInt16(byteArray, index));
case TypeCode.Int32:
return((object)BitConverter.ToInt32(byteArray, index));
case TypeCode.Int64:
return((object)BitConverter.ToInt64(byteArray, index));
case TypeCode.Single:
return((object)BitConverter.ToSingle(byteArray, index));
case TypeCode.String:
throw new InvalidCastException("This method doesn't support string conversion.");
case TypeCode.UInt16:
return((object)BitConverter.ToUInt16(byteArray, index));
case TypeCode.UInt32:
return((object)BitConverter.ToUInt32(byteArray, index));
case TypeCode.UInt64:
return((object)BitConverter.ToUInt64(byteArray, index));
default:
break;
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.WriteLine(e);
}
// Allocate a block of unmanaged memory
using var unmanaged = new LocalUnmanagedMemory(Size);
// Write the array of bytes inside the unmanaged memory
unmanaged.Write(byteArray, index);
// Return a managed object created from the block of unmanaged memory
return(unmanaged.Read(RealType));
}