/// <summary>
/// Reads a compressed byte array from this stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="stream">The stream to read from.</param>
/// <param name="validityCheck">Set this parameter <c>true</c> if there is a check code before the array to detect data corruption; otherwise, set this <c>false</c>.</param>
/// <returns>
/// The byte array read from the stream.
/// </returns>
/// <exception cref="System.IO.InvalidDataException">Raises if data in the stream is corrupted.</exception>
public static byte[] ReadCompressedByteArray(this Stream stream, bool validityCheck = false)
{
var data = stream.ReadByteArray();
if (data.IsNullOrEmpty())
{
return(null);
}
using (var ms = new MemoryStream(data))
using (var cms = new GZipStream(ms, CompressionMode.Decompress))
return(cms.ReadByteArray(validityCheck));
}