public static byte[] GetBytes(List <FileNotifyInformation> notifyInformationList)
{
int listLength = GetListLength(notifyInformationList);
byte[] buffer = new byte[listLength];
int offset = 0;
for (int index = 0; index < notifyInformationList.Count; index++)
{
FileNotifyInformation entry = notifyInformationList[index];
int length = entry.Length;
int paddedLength = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)length / 4) * 4;
if (index < notifyInformationList.Count - 1)
{
entry.NextEntryOffset = (uint)paddedLength;
}
else
{
entry.NextEntryOffset = 0;
}
entry.WriteBytes(buffer, offset);
offset += paddedLength;
}
return(buffer);
}
public static List <FileNotifyInformation> ReadList(byte[] buffer, int offset)
{
List <FileNotifyInformation> result = new List <FileNotifyInformation>();
FileNotifyInformation entry;
do
{
entry = new FileNotifyInformation(buffer, offset);
result.Add(entry);
offset += (int)entry.NextEntryOffset;
}while (entry.NextEntryOffset != 0);
return(result);
}
public static int GetListLength(List <FileNotifyInformation> notifyInformationList)
{
int result = 0;
for (int index = 0; index < notifyInformationList.Count; index++)
{
FileNotifyInformation entry = notifyInformationList[index];
int length = entry.Length;
// [MS-FSCC] NextEntryOffset MUST always be an integral multiple of 4.
// The FileName array MUST be padded to the next 4-byte boundary counted from the beginning of the structure.
if (index < notifyInformationList.Count - 1)
{
// No padding is required following the last data element.
int paddedLength = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)length / 4) * 4;
result += paddedLength;
}
else
{
result += length;
}
}
return(result);
}
