/// <summary>
/// Encodes the value returned by a procedure handler into a ByteString
/// </summary>
ByteString EncodeReturnValue(ProcedureSignature procedure, object returnValue)
{
// Check the return value is missing
if (returnValue == null && !TypeUtils.IsAClassType(procedure.ReturnType))
{
throw new RPCException(
procedure,
procedure.FullyQualifiedName + " returned null. " +
"Expected an object of type " + procedure.ReturnType);
}
// Check if the return value is of a valid type
if (!TypeUtils.IsAValidType(procedure.ReturnType))
{
throw new RPCException(
procedure,
procedure.FullyQualifiedName + " returned an object of an invalid type. " +
"Expected " + procedure.ReturnType + "; got " + returnValue.GetType());
}
// Encode it as a ByteString
return(Encode(procedure.ReturnType, returnValue));
}
