public object Convert(object value, Type fromType, Type toType)
{
if (fromType == typeof(String)) // Convert from binary to object
{
for (int index = 0; index < _types.Count; index++)
{
Type type = _types[index];
if ((toType == type) || (toType.IsSubclassOf(type) && _includeSubTypes[index]))
{
byte[] bytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String((String)value);
if (_compression)
{
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(DeflateStreamCompression.DecompressBytes(bytes));
return(BinarySerializationUtilities.DeserializeFromMemoryStream(stream));
}
else
{
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(bytes);
return(BinarySerializationUtilities.DeserializeFromMemoryStream(stream));
}
}
}
}
else if (toType == typeof(String)) // Convert from object to binary
{
for (int index = 0; index < _types.Count; index++)
{
Type type = _types[index];
if ((fromType == type) || (fromType.IsSubclassOf(type) && _includeSubTypes[index]))
{
MemoryStream stream = BinarySerializationUtilities.SerializeToMemoryStream(value);
if (_compression)
{
byte[] bytes = stream.GetBuffer();
return(System.Convert.ToBase64String(DeflateStreamCompression.CompressBytes(bytes)));
}
else
{
byte[] bytes = stream.GetBuffer();
return(System.Convert.ToBase64String(bytes));
}
}
}
}
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts from base 64 string, decompresses if required
/// </summary>
/// <param name="base64EncodedData"></param>
/// <param name="compression"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string ConvertFromBase64(string base64EncodedData, bool compression)
{
var bytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String(base64EncodedData);
return(compression ? System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(DeflateStreamCompression.DecompressBytes(bytes)) : System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts to base 64 string, compresses if required
/// </summary>
/// <param name="plainText"></param>
/// <param name="compression"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string ConvertToBase64(string plainText, bool compression)
{
var bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);
return(compression ? System.Convert.ToBase64String(DeflateStreamCompression.CompressBytes(bytes)) : System.Convert.ToBase64String(bytes));
}
