C# - Cast a byte array to an array of struct and vice-versa (reverse)

Question

I would like to save a Color[] to a file. To do so, I found that saving a byte array to a file using \"System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes\" should be very efficient.

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Answer 1

    public struct MyX
    {
        public int IntValue;
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 3, ArraySubType = UnmanagedType.U1)]
        public byte[] Array;

        MyX(int i, int b)
        {
            IntValue = b;
            Array = new byte[3];
        }

        public MyX ToStruct(byte []ar)
        {

            byte[] data = ar;//= { 1, 0, 0, 0, 9, 8, 7 }; // IntValue = 1, Array = {9,8,7}
            IntPtr ptPoit = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(data.Length);
            Marshal.Copy(data, 0, ptPoit, data.Length);

            MyX x = (MyX)Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptPoit, typeof(MyX));
            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptPoit);

            return x;
        }
        public byte[] ToBytes()
        {
            Byte[] bytes = new Byte[Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(MyX))];
            GCHandle pinStructure = GCHandle.Alloc(this, GCHandleType.Pinned);
            try
            {
                Marshal.Copy(pinStructure.AddrOfPinnedObject(), bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
                return bytes;
            }
            finally
            {
                pinStructure.Free();
            }
        }
    }

    void function()
    {
        byte[] data = { 1, 0, 0, 0, 9, 8, 7 }; // IntValue = 1, Array = {9,8,7}
        IntPtr ptPoit = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(data.Length);
        Marshal.Copy(data, 0, ptPoit, data.Length);

        var x = (MyX)Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptPoit, typeof(MyX));
        Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptPoit);

        var MYstruc = x.ToStruct(data);


        Console.WriteLine("x.IntValue = {0}", x.IntValue);
        Console.WriteLine("x.Array = ({0}, {1}, {2})", x.Array[0], x.Array[1], x.Array[2]);
    }