public static byte[] Serialize(AuthorIdentity identity)
{
var identityAsArray = identity.UserId.ToByteArray();
var identityEncoding = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(identity.Name);
var serializedIdentity = identityAsArray.Concat(identityEncoding).ToArray();
return serializedIdentity;
}
public static AuthorIdentity Deserialize(byte[] identityAsArray)
{
if (identityAsArray.Length < 17)
{
throw new ArgumentException("AuthIdentity must be at least 17 bytes.");
}
var tempByteArray = new byte[16];
var arrayWhereToBeCopied = new byte[identityAsArray.Length - 16];
Buffer.BlockCopy(identityAsArray, 0, tempByteArray, 0, 16);
Buffer.BlockCopy(identityAsArray, 16, arrayWhereToBeCopied, 0, arrayWhereToBeCopied.Length);
var deserializedArrayIdentity = new AuthorIdentity(new Guid(tempByteArray), Encoding.UTF8.GetString(arrayWhereToBeCopied));
return deserializedArrayIdentity;
}