Returns the memory representation of an object. : Marshal « Development Class « C# / C Sharp

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3. Marshal

Returns the memory representation of an object.

        
        
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.IO;

namespace Vestris.ResourceLib
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Resource utilities.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class ResourceUtil
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the memory representation of an object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Object type.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="anything">Data.</param>
        /// <returns>Object's representation in memory.</returns>
        internal static byte[] GetBytes<T>(T anything)
        {
            int rawsize = Marshal.SizeOf(anything);
            IntPtr buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(rawsize);
            Marshal.StructureToPtr(anything, buffer, false);
            byte[] rawdatas = new byte[rawsize];
            Marshal.Copy(buffer, rawdatas, 0, rawsize);
            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer);
            return rawdatas;
        }
    }
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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