
namespace CompliaShield.CertificateIssuerUnitTests.Code
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.IO;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    public class Serializer
    {
        // Convert an object to a byte array
        public static byte[] SerializeToByteArray(Object obj)
        {
            if (obj == null)
                return null;
            BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
            bf.Serialize(ms, obj);
            return ms.ToArray();
        }

        // Convert a byte array to an Object
        public static Object DeserializeFromByteArray(byte[] arrBytes)
        {
            MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
            BinaryFormatter binForm = new BinaryFormatter();
            memStream.Write(arrBytes, 0, arrBytes.Length);
            memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
            Object obj = (Object)binForm.Deserialize(memStream);
            return obj;
        }

    }
}
