Convert an array of different value types to a byte array

Question

This is what I\'ve come up with so far, but it doesn\'t seem very optimal, any ideas on better approaches?

public void ToBytes(object[] data, byte[] buffer)
         


        

Answer 1

Probably, you should consider using BinaryFormatter instead:

var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
var stream = new MemoryStream();
formatter.Serialize(stream, obj);
byte[] result = stream.ToArray();

Beside that, there are some pretty good serialization frameworks like Google Protocol Buffers if you want to avoid reinventing the wheel.