public static byte[] SerializeBinary(object[] obj)
{
if (obj == null || obj.Length == 0)
return new byte[] { };
for (int i = 0; i < obj.Length; i++)
{
if (obj[i] != null)
{
if (obj[i] is DataSet)
obj[i] = new DataSetSurrogate((DataSet)obj[i]);
else if (obj[i] is DataTable)
obj[i] = new DataTableSurrogate((DataTable)obj[i]);
}
}
BinaryFormatter se = new BinaryFormatter();
MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
se.Serialize(memStream, obj);
byte[] bobj = memStream.ToArray();
memStream.Close();
return bobj;
}
/*
Constructs a DataSetSurrogate object from a DataSet.
*/
public DataSetSurrogate(DataSet ds)
{
if (ds == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("The parameter dataset is null");
}
//DataSet properties
_datasetName = ds.DataSetName;
_namespace = ds.Namespace;
_prefix = ds.Prefix;
_caseSensitive = ds.CaseSensitive;
_locale = ds.Locale;
_enforceConstraints = ds.EnforceConstraints;
//Tables, Columns, Rows
_dataTableSurrogates = new DataTableSurrogate[ds.Tables.Count];
for (int i = 0; i < ds.Tables.Count; i++)
{
_dataTableSurrogates[i] = new DataTableSurrogate(ds.Tables[i]);
}
//ForeignKeyConstraints
_fkConstraints = GetForeignKeyConstraints(ds);
//Relations
_relations = GetRelations(ds);
//ExtendedProperties
_extendedProperties = new Hashtable();
if (ds.ExtendedProperties.Keys.Count > 0)
{
foreach (object propertyKey in ds.ExtendedProperties.Keys)
{
_extendedProperties.Add(propertyKey, ds.ExtendedProperties[propertyKey]);
}
}
}
