public static string ToStringValue(Int32 value)
{
byte[] bytes = Int32Ex.ToBytes(value);
string result = string.Empty;
foreach (byte b in bytes)
{
result += (char)b;
}
return(result);// System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
}
/// <summary>
/// encodes string into [length][data] array
/// </summary>
/// <param name="str"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static byte[] GetBytesEncoded(this string str)
{
if (str == null)
{
return(null);
}
List <byte> buff = new List <byte>();
buff.AddRange(str.GetBytes());
buff.AddToStart(Int32Ex.ToBytes(buff.Count)); //save mode
return(buff.ToArray());
}
/// <summary>
/// Encodes length into array - encodes bytes into [length][data] array
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static byte[] EncodeWithLength(this byte[] data)
{
if (data == null)
{
return(null);
}
List <byte> buff = new List <byte>();
buff.AddRange(Int32Ex.ToBytes(data.Length));
buff.AddRange(data);
return(buff.ToArray());
}
public static string ToStringFromByteArray(byte[] bytes)
{
if (bytes == null)
{
return(null);
}
byte[] length = Int32Ex.ToBytes(bytes.Length);
List <byte> data = new List <byte>();
data.AddRange(length);
data.AddRange(bytes);
while (data.Count % 8 != 0)
{
data.Add(0);
}
return(Convert.ToBase64String(data.ToArray()));
}
