C# - Binary reader in Big Endian?

Question

I\'m trying to improve my understanding of the STFS file format by using a program to read all the different bits of information. Using a website with a reference of which o

Answer 1

IMHO a slightly better answer as it doesn't require a different class to be newed-up, makes the big-endian calls obvious and allows big- and little-endian calls to be mixed in the stream.

public static class Helpers
{
  // Note this MODIFIES THE GIVEN ARRAY then returns a reference to the modified array.
  public static byte[] Reverse(this byte[] b)
  {
    Array.Reverse(b);
    return b;
  }

  public static UInt16 ReadUInt16BE(this BinaryReader binRdr)
  {
    return BitConverter.ToUInt16(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(UInt16)).Reverse(), 0);
  }

  public static Int16 ReadInt16BE(this BinaryReader binRdr)
  {
    return BitConverter.ToInt16(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(Int16)).Reverse(), 0);
  }

  public static UInt32 ReadUInt32BE(this BinaryReader binRdr)
  {
    return BitConverter.ToUInt32(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(UInt32)).Reverse(), 0);
  }

  public static Int32 ReadInt32BE(this BinaryReader binRdr)
  {
    return BitConverter.ToInt32(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(Int32)).Reverse(), 0);
  }

  public static byte[] ReadBytesRequired(this BinaryReader binRdr, int byteCount)
  {
    var result = binRdr.ReadBytes(byteCount);

    if (result.Length != byteCount)
      throw new EndOfStreamException(string.Format("{0} bytes required from stream, but only {1} returned.", byteCount, result.Length));

    return result;
  }
}