Object to Memory Stream

[Evan Camilleri]

How can I trasform (as fast as possible) an object to a binary memory
stream?

Evan

[Stanimir Stoyanov]

Re: Object to Memory Stream

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How can I trasform (as fast as possible) an object to a binary memory
stream?
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Evan
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Is the object a structure or of a particular class? If a class instance, is
it your own implementation?

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Stanimir Stoyanov
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[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Re: Object to Memory Stream

Hi,
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How can I trasform (as fast as possible) an object to a binary memory
stream?

You can use Serialization, in case that the object is serializable. In any
case it will consist in a number of calls to BitConverter.Ge tBytes() method.

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RE: Object to Memory Stream

Use the BinaryFormatter class and its Serialize method.
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"Evan Camilleri" wrote:

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How can I trasform (as fast as possible) an object to a binary memory
stream?
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Evan
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Re: Object to Memory Stream

Evan Camilleri wrote:

How can I trasform (as fast as possible) an object to a binary memory
stream?

Simple code:

public static byte[] Object2ByteArra y(object o)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter ();
bf.Serialize(ms , o);
return ms.ToArray();
}
public static object ByteArray2Objec t(byte[] b)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(b) ;
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter ();
ms.Position = 0;
return bf.Deserialize( ms);
}

Of if you like generics:

public class Ser<T>
{
public static byte[] Object2ByteArra y(T o)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter ();
bf.Serialize(ms , o);
return ms.ToArray();
}
public static T ByteArray2Objec t(byte[] b)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(b) ;
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter ();
ms.Position = 0;
return (T)bf.Deseriali ze(ms);
}
}

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