/// <summary>
/// As per the public ChangeType, but allows for workspace-sharing to reduce buffer overhead.
/// </summary>
internal static TNewType ChangeType <TOldType, TNewType>(TOldType instance, SerializationContext context)
{
if (instance == null)
{
return(default(TNewType)); // GIGO
}
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
SerializationContext tmpCtx = new SerializationContext(ms, context);
Serialize <TOldType>(ms, instance);
tmpCtx.Flush();
ms.Position = 0;
TNewType result = Deserialize <TNewType>(ms);
if (context != null)
{
context.ReadFrom(tmpCtx);
}
return(result);
}
}