Get byte[] from dataset and compress

Question

I am returning a custom class from a WCF operation. The binding used is netTcp. This custom class contains several data members. One of them is a dataset. The dataset can be

Answer 1

You can just use the following:

        using(var memory = new MemoryStream())
        {
            using(var gzip = new GZipStream(memory, CompressionMode.Compress, true))
            {
                var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
                formatter.Serialize(gzip, ds);
            }

            return memory.ToArray();
        }