public static byte[] ObjectToByteArray(object obj)
{
if (obj == null)
{
obj = new NullRepresentative();
}
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
bf.Serialize(ms, obj);
return(ms.ToArray());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes an object to a byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to serialize.</param>
/// <returns>A byte-based representation of the object.</returns>
public virtual byte[] Serialize(object obj)
{
if (obj is null)
{
obj = new NullRepresentative();
}
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream))
{
PowerSerializationContext context = CreateSerializationContext();
Type objType = context.RegisterObject(obj).Item2;
CheckTypeAllowance(objType);
if (objType == typeof(string))
{
writer.Write((string)obj);
long pos = writer.BaseStream.Position;
TypeResolver.WriteTypeID(writer, objType);
writer.Write((int)(writer.BaseStream.Position - pos));
}
else if (obj is Type typeRepresentation)
{
TypeResolver.WriteTypeID(writer, typeRepresentation);
long pos = writer.BaseStream.Position;
TypeResolver.WriteTypeID(writer, typeof(Type));
writer.Write((int)(writer.BaseStream.Position - pos));
}
else if (objType.IsPrimitive)
{
WritePrimitiveObject(writer, obj);
long pos = writer.BaseStream.Position;
TypeResolver.WriteTypeID(writer, objType);
writer.Write((int)(writer.BaseStream.Position - pos));
}
else
{
if (obj is Array array)
{
byte rankSize = (byte)array.Rank;
writer.Write(rankSize);
for (int i = 0; i < array.Rank; i++)
{
writer.Write(array.GetLength(i));
}
}
for (int i = 1; i < context.ObjectGraph.Count; i++)
{
SerializeObject(context, writer, context.ObjectGraph[i], context.ObjectGraph[i].GetType());
}
ImmutableList <Type> types = context.IncludedTypes;
long pos = writer.BaseStream.Position;
foreach (Type type in types)
{
TypeResolver.WriteTypeID(writer, type);
}
writer.Write((int)(writer.BaseStream.Position - pos));
}
return(stream.ToArray());
}
}
}
