protected string ReadString()
{
int length = SerializeStream.ReadByte();
byte[] buffer = ReadBytes(length);
// special empty string handling. String of length 1 with the first character value = zero
// represents null value.
if (length == 1 && buffer[0] == 0)
{
return(null);
}
return(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer));
}
protected bool ReadBoolean()
{
byte val = (byte)SerializeStream.ReadByte();
return(val == 0 ? false : true);
}
protected char ReadChar()
{
return(Converter.ToChar(SerializeStream.ReadByte()));
}
protected byte ReadByte()
{
return((byte)SerializeStream.ReadByte());
}