/// <summary>
/// Generates binary image of the <see cref="StateRecordSummary"/> and copies it into the given buffer, for <see cref="BinaryLength"/> bytes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="buffer">Buffer used to hold generated binary image of the source object.</param>
/// <param name="startIndex">0-based starting index in the <paramref name="buffer"/> to start writing.</param>
/// <returns>The number of bytes written to the <paramref name="buffer"/>.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="buffer"/> is null.</exception>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
/// <paramref name="startIndex"/> or <see cref="BinaryLength"/> is less than 0 -or-
/// <paramref name="startIndex"/> and <see cref="BinaryLength"/> will exceed <paramref name="buffer"/> length.
/// </exception>
public int GenerateBinaryImage(byte[] buffer, int startIndex)
{
int length = BinaryLength;
buffer.ValidateParameters(startIndex, length);
Buffer.BlockCopy(LittleEndian.GetBytes(m_historianID), 0, buffer, startIndex, 4);
m_currentData.GenerateBinaryImage(buffer, startIndex + 4);
return(length);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates binary image of the <see cref="StateRecord"/> and copies it into the given buffer, for <see cref="BinaryLength"/> bytes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="buffer">Buffer used to hold generated binary image of the source object.</param>
/// <param name="startIndex">0-based starting index in the <paramref name="buffer"/> to start writing.</param>
/// <returns>The number of bytes written to the <paramref name="buffer"/>.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="buffer"/> is null.</exception>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
/// <paramref name="startIndex"/> or <see cref="BinaryLength"/> is less than 0 -or-
/// <paramref name="startIndex"/> and <see cref="BinaryLength"/> will exceed <paramref name="buffer"/> length.
/// </exception>
public int GenerateBinaryImage(byte[] buffer, int startIndex)
{
int length = BinaryLength;
buffer.ValidateParameters(startIndex, length);
m_archivedData.GenerateBinaryImage(buffer, startIndex);
m_previousData.GenerateBinaryImage(buffer, startIndex + 16);
m_currentData.GenerateBinaryImage(buffer, startIndex + 32);
LittleEndian.CopyBytes(m_activeDataBlockIndex, buffer, startIndex + 48);
LittleEndian.CopyBytes(m_activeDataBlockSlot, buffer, startIndex + 52);
LittleEndian.CopyBytes(m_slope1, buffer, startIndex + 56);
LittleEndian.CopyBytes(m_slope2, buffer, startIndex + 64);
return(length);
}
