/// <summary>
/// Serializes a class instance to binary
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The class type to serialize</typeparam>
/// <param name="instance">The instance to serialize</param>
/// <returns>Binary serialized version of the instance</returns>
public static byte[] Serialize <T>(T instance)
{
FieldInfo[] sortedFields;
MethodInfo preMethod;
if (cachedFields.ContainsKey(instance.GetType().FullName))
{
sortedFields = cachedFields[instance.GetType().FullName];
}
else
{
sortedFields = instance.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).OrderBy(x => x.Name).Where(x => !x.IsDefined(typeof(BinaryIgnore), true)).ToArray();
cachedFields.Add(instance.GetType().FullName, sortedFields);
}
if (preSerialize.ContainsKey(instance.GetType().FullName))
{
preMethod = preSerialize[instance.GetType().FullName];
}
else
{
preMethod = instance.GetType().GetMethod("PreSerialize", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
preSerialize.Add(instance.GetType().FullName, preMethod);
}
if (preMethod != null)
{
preMethod.Invoke(instance, null);
}
using (BitWriter writer = BitWriter.Get())
{
for (int i = 0; i < sortedFields.Length; i++)
{
FieldTypeHelper.WriteFieldType(writer, sortedFields[i].GetValue(instance));
}
return(writer.Finalize());
}
}
