Object to Memory Stream

[Evan Camilleri]

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

Evan

 

[Stanimir Stoyanov]

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

Evan

Is the object a structure or of a particular class? If a class instance, is
it your own implementation?

Best Regards,
Stanimir Stoyanov
www.stoyanoff.info | www.aeroxp.org

 

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

Hi,

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.GetBytes() method.

 

[Guest]

Use the BinaryFormatter class and its Serialize method.
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How can I trasform (as fast as possible) an object to a binary memory
stream?

Simple code:

public static byte[] Object2ByteArray(object o)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
bf.Serialize(ms, o);
return ms.ToArray();
}
public static object ByteArray2Object(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[] Object2ByteArray(T o)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
bf.Serialize(ms, o);
return ms.ToArray();
}
public static T ByteArray2Object(byte[] b)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(b);
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
ms.Position = 0;
return (T)bf.Deserialize(ms);
}
}

Arne