using System using System Runtime InteropServices namespace Cryptic Co

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Cryptic.Core
{
	static class RawSerializer <TTarget>
		where TTarget : struct
	{
		public static int Size
		{
			get
			{
				return Marshal.SizeOf (typeof (TTarget));
			}
		}
		
		public static unsafe byte [] Serialize (TTarget target)
		{
			byte [] raw = new byte [Size];
			fixed (byte * rawPointer = raw)
			{
				IntPtr managedPointer = new IntPtr (rawPointer);
				Marshal.StructureToPtr (target, managedPointer, false);
			}
			return raw;
		}
		
		public static unsafe TTarget Deserialize (byte [] raw)
		{
			object target;
			fixed (byte * rawPointer = raw)
			{
				IntPtr managedPointer = new IntPtr (rawPointer);
				target = Marshal.PtrToStructure (managedPointer, typeof (TTarget));
			}
			return (TTarget) target;
		}
	}
}