/// <summary>
/// Encode the given object as the given type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to encode</param>
/// <param name="type">the type of object it is or it is to be encoded as</param>
/// <returns>Return an array of bytes representing the given object using the given type specification.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">if the object cannot be encoded using that type</exception>
public static byte[] Encode(object obj, byte type)
{
FieldType datatype = GetDataType(type);
return(datatype.Encode(obj));
}