using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace SignalsMVVM.HelperClasses
{
    public static class BinaryFormatterSerialization
    {
        static private BinaryFormatter serializer = new BinaryFormatter();

        public static T DeepCloneBinaryFormatter<T>(this T obj)
        {
            return obj.SerializeBinaryFormatter().DeserializeBinaryFormatter<T>();
        }

        public static byte[] SerializeBinaryFormatter<T>(this T obj)
        {
            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                serializer.Serialize(ms, obj);
                return ms.ToArray();
            }
        }

        public static T DeserializeBinaryFormatter<T>(this byte[] data)
        {
            using (var ms = new MemoryStream(data, false))
                return (T)serializer.Deserialize(ms);
        }
    }
}