public static byte[] ToBytes(IEnumerable <string> scanIds)
{
var listStartBytes = new List <int>();
var listLengths = new List <int>();
var listIdBytes = new List <byte>();
foreach (var scanId in scanIds)
{
int len = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(scanId);
var buffer = new byte[len];
Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(scanId, 0, scanId.Length, buffer, 0);
listStartBytes.Add(listIdBytes.Count);
listLengths.Add(len);
listIdBytes.AddRange(buffer);
}
if (listStartBytes.Count == 0)
{
return(new byte[0]);
}
var listEntryBytes = new List <byte>();
listEntryBytes.AddRange(PrimitiveArrays.ToBytes(listStartBytes.ToArray()));
listEntryBytes.AddRange(PrimitiveArrays.ToBytes(listLengths.ToArray()));
var entryBytes = listEntryBytes.ToArray();
var entryBytesCompressed = entryBytes.Compress();
var scanIdBytes = listIdBytes.ToArray();
var scanIdBytesCompressed = scanIdBytes.Compress();
var listResultBytes = new List <byte>();
listResultBytes.AddRange(BitConverter.GetBytes(entryBytes.Length));
listResultBytes.AddRange(BitConverter.GetBytes(entryBytesCompressed.Length));
listResultBytes.AddRange(BitConverter.GetBytes(scanIdBytes.Length));
listResultBytes.AddRange(BitConverter.GetBytes(scanIdBytesCompressed.Length));
listResultBytes.AddRange(entryBytesCompressed);
listResultBytes.AddRange(scanIdBytesCompressed);
return(listResultBytes.ToArray());
}