protected static Event createEvent(ref byte[] b)
{
//get name of class
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(b);
BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(ms);
int size = reader.ReadInt32();
String className = reader.ReadString();
//create an instance of object
Type t = Type.GetType(className);
Event e = (Event)Activator.CreateInstance(t);
//reset the stream so that it deserializes from the beginning
ms.Seek(0, 0);
//fill it in
e.deserialize(ref reader);
return(e);
}
