/// <summary>
/// Override to serialize the object to a byte array that can be stored
/// in the GFF's binary data. It serializes the data according to
/// BioWare's GFF file specification. Simple data items are returned
/// in the return value, complex items are stored in the stream and 0
/// is returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawData">The raw data in which to store the field's
/// data.</param>
/// <returns>For simple items the return value contains the item's
/// data and the stream is uneffected. For complex items, the
/// return value is the offset of the written data and the items's
/// data is added to the end of the stream.</returns>
UInt32 IGffFieldSerialize.Serialize(RawGffData rawData)
{
byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(Value);
return rawData.WriteComplexData(bytes, bytes.Length);
}
/// <summary>
/// Override to serialize the object to a byte array that can be stored
/// in the GFF's binary data. It serializes the data according to
/// BioWare's GFF file specification. Simple data items are returned
/// in the return value, complex items are stored in the stream and 0
/// is returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawData">The raw data in which to store the field's
/// data.</param>
/// <returns>For simple items the return value contains the item's
/// data and the stream is uneffected. For complex items, the
/// return value is the offset of the written data and the items's
/// data is added to the end of the stream.</returns>
UInt32 IGffFieldSerialize.Serialize(RawGffData rawData)
{
// Write the string length first, saving the offset of the written
// position.
byte[] bytes = new Byte[1];
bytes[0] = (byte) Value.Length;
uint offset = rawData.WriteComplexData(bytes, bytes.Length);
// Now write the string data.
bytes = new byte[Value.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < Value.Length; i++)
bytes[i] = (byte) Value[i];
rawData.WriteComplexData(bytes, bytes.Length);
// return the offset of our data.
return offset;
}
/// <summary>
/// Override to serialize the object to a byte array that can be stored
/// in the GFF's binary data. It serializes the data according to
/// BioWare's GFF file specification. Simple data items are returned
/// in the return value, complex items are stored in the stream and 0
/// is returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawData">The raw data in which to store the field's
/// data.</param>
/// <returns>For simple items the return value contains the item's
/// data and the stream is uneffected. For complex items, the
/// return value is the offset of the written data and the items's
/// data is added to the end of the stream.</returns>
UInt32 IGffFieldSerialize.Serialize(RawGffData rawData)
{
byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes((uint) Value.Length);
uint offset = rawData.WriteComplexData(bytes, bytes.Length);
rawData.WriteComplexData(Value.GetBuffer(), (int) Value.Length);
return offset;
}
/// <summary>
/// Override to serialize the object to a byte array that can be stored
/// in the GFF's binary data. It serializes the data according to
/// BioWare's GFF file specification. Simple data items are returned
/// in the return value, complex items are stored in the stream and 0
/// is returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rawData">The raw data in which to store the field's
/// data.</param>
/// <returns>For simple items the return value contains the item's
/// data and the stream is uneffected. For complex items, the
/// return value is the offset of the written data and the items's
/// data is added to the end of the stream.</returns>
UInt32 IGffFieldSerialize.Serialize(RawGffData rawData)
{
byte[] bytes = Value.Serialize();
return rawData.WriteComplexData(bytes, bytes.Length);
}