private void WriteVariant(Variant value) { switch (value.Kind) { case VariantKind.Null: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Null); break; case VariantKind.Boolean: _writer.Write((byte)(value.AsBoolean() ? EncodingKind.Boolean_True : EncodingKind.Boolean_False)); break; case VariantKind.Byte: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.UInt8); _writer.Write(value.AsByte()); break; case VariantKind.SByte: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Int8); _writer.Write(value.AsSByte()); break; case VariantKind.Int16: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Int16); _writer.Write(value.AsInt16()); break; case VariantKind.UInt16: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.UInt16); _writer.Write(value.AsUInt16()); break; case VariantKind.Int32: { var v = value.AsInt32(); if (v >= 0 && v <= 10) { _writer.Write((byte)((int)EncodingKind.Int32_0 + v)); } else if (v >= 0 && v < byte.MaxValue) { _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Int32_1Byte); _writer.Write((byte)v); } else if (v >= 0 && v < ushort.MaxValue) { _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Int32_2Bytes); _writer.Write((ushort)v); } else { _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Int32); _writer.Write(v); } } break; case VariantKind.UInt32: { var v = value.AsUInt32(); if (v >= 0 && v <= 10) { _writer.Write((byte)((int)EncodingKind.UInt32_0 + v)); } else if (v >= 0 && v < byte.MaxValue) { _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.UInt32_1Byte); _writer.Write((byte)v); } else if (v >= 0 && v < ushort.MaxValue) { _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.UInt32_2Bytes); _writer.Write((ushort)v); } else { _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.UInt32); _writer.Write(v); } } break; case VariantKind.Int64: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Int64); _writer.Write(value.AsInt64()); break; case VariantKind.UInt64: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.UInt64); _writer.Write(value.AsUInt64()); break; case VariantKind.Decimal: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Decimal); _writer.Write(value.AsDecimal()); break; case VariantKind.Float4: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Float4); _writer.Write(value.AsSingle()); break; case VariantKind.Float8: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Float8); _writer.Write(value.AsDouble()); break; case VariantKind.Char: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.Char); _writer.Write((ushort)value.AsChar()); // written as ushort because BinaryWriter fails on chars that are unicode surrogates break; case VariantKind.String: WriteStringValue(value.AsString()); break; case VariantKind.BoxedEnum: var e = value.AsBoxedEnum(); WriteBoxedEnum(e, e.GetType()); break; case VariantKind.DateTime: _writer.Write((byte)EncodingKind.DateTime); _writer.Write(value.AsDateTime().ToBinary()); break; case VariantKind.Type: WriteType(value.AsType()); break; case VariantKind.Array: WriteArray(value.AsArray()); break; case VariantKind.Object: WriteObject(value.AsObject()); break; } }