/// <summary>
/// Marshal a struct to managed byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type of struct.</typeparam>
/// <param name="t">A struct to marshal.</param>
/// <returns>Marshalled managed byte array.</returns>
public static byte[] ToBytes <T>(T t) where T : struct
{
int size;
using (MessageUtils utils = new MessageUtils(null))
{
size = utils.GetSize(t);
}
// The size returned by MessageUtils.GetSize is not always
// the actual block size of the given structure,
// so allocate a buffer whose size is twice as large as it.
// The actual size will be calculated later.
byte[] buf = new byte[size * 2];
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(buf))
{
using (Channel channel = new Channel(null, memoryStream))
{
channel.BeginWriteGroup();
channel.Write <T>(t);
channel.EndWriteGroup();
int actualSize = (int)channel.Stream.Position;
byte[] actualBuf = new byte[actualSize];
Array.Copy(buf, 0, actualBuf, 0, actualSize);
return(actualBuf);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Marshal a structure to managed byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type of struct.</typeparam>
/// <param name="t">A structure to marshal.</param>
/// <returns>Marshalled managed byte array.</returns>
public static byte[] ToBytes <T>(T t) where T : struct
{
int size;
using (MessageUtils utils = new MessageUtils(null))
{
size = utils.GetSize(t);
}
byte[] buf = new byte[size];
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(buf))
{
using (Channel channel = new Channel(null, memoryStream))
{
channel.BeginWriteGroup();
channel.Write <T>(t);
channel.EndWriteGroup();
int actualSize = (int)channel.Stream.Position;
return(ArrayUtility.SubArray(buf, 0, actualSize));
}
}
}