static string SerializeByBinaryFormatter(SerializableTagCollection serializableTagCollection)
{
var binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
binaryFormatter.Serialize(memoryStream, serializableTagCollection);
return(StringByteArrayConverter.ByteArrayToString(memoryStream.GetBuffer()));
}
}
public static string TagsToString(
IEnumerable <KeyValuePair <string, string> > tags,
IEnumerable <KeyValuePair <string, string> > builtInTags)
{
// Convert dictionaries to serializable lists.
var serializableTags = ToSerializableList(tags);
var serializableBuiltInTags = ToSerializableList(builtInTags);
// Pack serializable lists into single serializable class instance.
var serializableTagCollection = new SerializableTagCollection(serializableTags, serializableBuiltInTags);
return(SerializeByBinaryFormatter(serializableTagCollection));
}
