// legend:
// [something physical to be stored in buffer] (something to be translated to/from the byte array)
// <<description of item>> (no physical storaged.. just to make reading the structure easier!)
//
// overall layout of byte buffer:
//
// [unsigned int number_of_elements ]
// [element]
// [element]
// ...
//
// element =
// <<ItemIdentity>>
// [ushort typeField]
// [ushort referenceTypeField]
// <<embedded ary>>
// [unsigned int namefield_length]
// [bytes nameField_strdata 0..n]
// <<embedded ary>>
// [unsigned int contextNameField_length]
// [bytes contextNameField_strdata 0..n]
// [ulong idField]
// [bool idFieldSpecified]
// <<RuntimeValue>>
// [DateTime timestampField] (??)
// [bool timestampFieldSpecified]
// <<Variant>>
// [ushort typeField]
// [int lengthField]
// <embedded ary>
// [unsigned int payloadField_length]
// [bytes payloadField_bytes 0..n]
//
// <<ASBStatus>>
// [sbyte countField]
// <<embedded ary>>
// [unsigned int payloadfield_length]
// [bytes payloadField_bytes 0..n]
//
// <<Variant>>
// [ushort typeField]
// [int lengthField]
// <<embedded ary>>
// [unsigned int payloadField_length]
// [bytes payloadField_bytes 0..n]
private void ConvertItemIdentityToBytes(ref ItemIdentity p_itemIdentity, BinaryWriter bw)
{
// [ushort typeField]
bw.Write(p_itemIdentity.Type);
// [ushort referenceTypeField]
bw.Write(p_itemIdentity.ReferenceType);
// <<embedded ary>>
// [unsigned int namefield_length]
// [bytes nameField_strdata 0..n]
if (p_itemIdentity.Name != null)
{
byte[] tmpArray = enc.GetBytes(p_itemIdentity.Name);
bw.Write((uint)tmpArray.Length);
bw.Write(tmpArray);
}
else
{
bw.Write((uint)0);
}
// <<embedded ary>>
// [unsigned int contextNameField_length]
// [bytes contextNameField_strdata 0..n]
if (p_itemIdentity.ContextName != null)
{
byte[] tmpArray = enc.GetBytes(p_itemIdentity.ContextName);
bw.Write((uint)tmpArray.Length);
bw.Write(tmpArray);
}
else
{
bw.Write((uint)0);
}
// [ulong idField]
bw.Write(p_itemIdentity.Id);
// [bool idFieldSpecified]
bw.Write(p_itemIdentity.IdSpecified);
}
private void ConvertBytesToItemIdentity(ref ItemIdentity Item, BinaryReader br)
{
// [ushort typeField]
Item.Type = br.ReadUInt16();
// [ushort referenceTypeField]
Item.ReferenceType = br.ReadUInt16();
// <<embedded ary>>
// [unsigned int namefield_length]
// [bytes nameField_strdata 0..n]
int strLen = br.ReadInt32();
if (strLen > 0)
{
byte[] tmpBytes = br.ReadBytes(strLen);
Item.Name = enc.GetString(tmpBytes);
}
else
{
Item.Name = "";
}
// <<embedded ary>>
// [unsigned int contextNameField_length]
// [bytes contextNameField_strdata 0..n]
strLen = br.ReadInt32();
if (strLen > 0)
{
byte[] tmpBytes = br.ReadBytes(strLen);
Item.ContextName = enc.GetString(tmpBytes);
}
else
{
Item.ContextName = "";
}
// [ulong idField]
Item.Id = br.ReadUInt64();
// [bool idFieldSpecified]
Item.IdSpecified = br.ReadBoolean();
}