.NET Native GUID conversion

Question

I have an external database that is feeding information to me. One saves their data as native GUID format and my other data source supplies standard .NET GUID format string.

Answer 1

To see if the input is in little Endian or not BitConverter.IsLittleEndinan() helps.

I just had to do this same thing and using Paul Smith's answer above I got it working with this code. Derived off his code but with a fix on last byte swap order and condensed to one flip ensuring guid.FlipEndian().FlipEndian() == guid.

C# Code:

public static class Extensions
{
    /// 

    /// A CLSCompliant method to convert a big-endian Guid to little-endian
    /// and vice versa.
    /// The Guid Constructor (UInt32, UInt16, UInt16, Byte, Byte, Byte, Byte,
    ///  Byte, Byte, Byte, Byte) is not CLSCompliant.
    /// 
    [CLSCompliant(true)]
    public static Guid FlipEndian(this Guid guid)
    {
        var newBytes = new byte[16];
        var oldBytes = guid.ToByteArray();

        for (var i = 8; i < 16; i++)
            newBytes[i] = oldBytes[i];

        newBytes[3] = oldBytes[0];
        newBytes[2] = oldBytes[1];
        newBytes[1] = oldBytes[2];
        newBytes[0] = oldBytes[3];
        newBytes[5] = oldBytes[4];
        newBytes[4] = oldBytes[5];
        newBytes[6] = oldBytes[7];
        newBytes[7] = oldBytes[6];

        return new Guid(newBytes);
    }
}

VB.net code (Translated from online service):

Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices

Module ModuleExtension

    ''' 

    ''' A CLSCompliant method to convert a big-endian Guid to little-endian
    ''' and vice versa.
    ''' The Guid Constructor (UInt32, UInt16, UInt16, Byte, Byte, Byte, Byte,
    '''  Byte, Byte, Byte, Byte) is not CLSCompliant.
    ''' 
    
    Public Function FlipEndian(guid As Guid) As Guid
        Dim newBytes = New Byte(15) {}
        Dim oldBytes = guid.ToByteArray()

        For i As Integer = 8 To 15
            newBytes(i) = oldBytes(i)
        Next

        newBytes(3) = oldBytes(0)
        newBytes(2) = oldBytes(1)
        newBytes(1) = oldBytes(2)
        newBytes(0) = oldBytes(3)
        newBytes(5) = oldBytes(4)
        newBytes(4) = oldBytes(5)
        newBytes(6) = oldBytes(7)
        newBytes(7) = oldBytes(6)

        Return New Guid(newBytes)
    End Function

End Module