assign byte array to struct or class

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Christian Havel - 10 Mar 2008 11:16 GMT

Hi,

how can I assign a byte array (read from a device) to a C# class or struct?

Christian

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Jon Skeet [C# MVP] - 10 Mar 2008 11:32 GMT

> how can I assign a byte array (read from a device) to a C# class or struct?

You can't (easily) change an existing instance, but you can create a
*new* instance using serialization. See BinaryFormatter for details.

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Christian Havel - 10 Mar 2008 12:14 GMT

Thank you Jon.
Christian

> > how can I assign a byte array (read from a device) to a C# class or struct?
>
> You can't (easily) change an existing instance, but you can create a
> *new* instance using serialization. See BinaryFormatter for details.

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