如何将包含数组的结构转换为字节数组？

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如何将包含数组的结构转换为C＃中的字节数组？

关于没有数组的结构，有一个问题here。

但是如果struct包含这样的数组：

public struct DiObject
{
    public byte Command; 
    public byte ErrorClass; 
    public byte Reserved; 
    public byte Flags; 
}

public struct MyPacket
{
    public uint ProtocolIdentifier; 
    public uint NumDi;    
    public DiObject[] Di; 
}

在以字节转换结构时会导致访问冲突异常：

private static byte[] GetBytes(MyPacket packet, int packetSize)
{
    var data = new byte[packetSize];
    var ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(packetSize);

    // ==== Access violation exception occurs here ====
    Marshal.StructureToPtr(packet, ptr, true);

    Marshal.Copy(ptr, data, 0, packetSize);
    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
    return data;
}

我的目标是使用MSMQ在消息队列中以字节为单位发送消息。

这里是编译和重现问题的完整代码。

using System;
//using System.IO;
//using System.Messaging;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace StructToBytes
{
    // 4 bytes
    [Serializable]
    public struct DiObject
    {
        public byte Command; 
        public byte ErrorClass; 
        public byte Reserved; 
        public byte Flags; 
    }

    // 8 + (numDi*4) bytes
    [Serializable]
    public struct MyPacket
    {
        public uint ProtocolIdentifier; 
        public uint NumDi;    
        public DiObject[] Di; 
    }

    internal class Program
    {
        private static byte[] GetBytes(MyPacket packet, int packetSize)
        {
            var data = new byte[packetSize];
            var ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(packetSize);

            // ==== Access violation exception occurs here ====
            Marshal.StructureToPtr(packet, ptr, true);

            Marshal.Copy(ptr, data, 0, packetSize);
            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
            return data;
        }

        private static MyPacket FromBytes(byte[] data)
        {
            var packet = new MyPacket();
            var dataSize = Marshal.SizeOf(packet);
            var ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(dataSize);
            Marshal.Copy(data, 0, ptr, dataSize);
            packet = (MyPacket) Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptr, packet.GetType());
            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
            return packet;
        }

        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            const string queuePath = @".\private$\test_msmq";

            // Create the packet
            var packet = new MyPacket();

            // 8 bytes
            packet.ProtocolIdentifier = 1;
            packet.NumDi = 2;

            // 8 bytes
            packet.Di = new DiObject[packet.NumDi];
            packet.Di[0].Command = 2;
            packet.Di[0].ErrorClass = 3;
            packet.Di[0].Flags = 4;
            packet.Di[0].Reserved = 5;
            packet.Di[1].Command = 6;
            packet.Di[1].ErrorClass = 7;
            packet.Di[1].Flags = 8;
            packet.Di[1].Reserved = 9;

            // Convert the struct in bytes
            const int packetSize = 16;
            var packetBytes = GetBytes(packet, packetSize);

            // Create the message
            /*
            var msg = new Message();
            msg.BodyStream = new MemoryStream(packetBytes);

            // Open or create the message queue
            if (!MessageQueue.Exists(queuePath))
                MessageQueue.Create(queuePath);

            // Open the queue
            var q = new MessageQueue(queuePath); // {Formatter = new BinaryMessageFormatter()};

            // Send the message to the queue
            q.Send(msg);
            */
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

问题在于关于如何在C＃中表示结构的错误假设

// 8 + (numDi*4) bytes
[Serializable]
public struct MyPacket
{
    public uint ProtocolIdentifier;
    public uint NumDi;
    public DiObject[] Di;
}

public DiObject[] Di成员的大小为numDi * 4的假设不正确。代替该字段，有一个指向结构数组的指针。 Array是.NET中的一个类，不包含在结构声明中。

要解决此问题，可以使用固定数组。我知道设计背后的想法是获得可变长度数组，它将在下一个代码清单中显示。

在executin：

期间，此代码不会引发AccessViolationException

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Messaging;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace StructToBytes
{
    // 4 bytes
    [Serializable]
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
    public unsafe struct DiObject
    {
        [FieldOffset(0)]
        public byte Command;

        [FieldOffset(1)]
        public byte ErrorClass;

        [FieldOffset(2)]
        public byte Reserved;

        [FieldOffset(3)]
        public byte Flags;
    }

    // 8 + (numDi*4) bytes
    [Serializable]
    public unsafe struct MyPacket
    {
        public uint ProtocolIdentifier;
        public uint NumDi;
        public fixed byte Di[2 * 4];
    }

    internal unsafe class Program
    {
        private static byte[] GetBytes(MyPacket packet, int packetSize)
        {
            var data = new byte[packetSize];
            var ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(packetSize);

            // ==== Access violation exception occurs here ====
            Marshal.StructureToPtr(packet, ptr, true);

            Marshal.Copy(ptr, data, 0, packetSize);
            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
            return data;
        }

        private static MyPacket FromBytes(byte[] data)
        {
            var packet = new MyPacket();
            var dataSize = Marshal.SizeOf(packet);
            var ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(dataSize);
            Marshal.Copy(data, 0, ptr, dataSize);
            packet = (MyPacket)Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptr, packet.GetType());
            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
            return packet;
        }

        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            const string queuePath = @".\private$\test_msmq";

            // Create the packet
            var packet = new MyPacket();

            // 8 bytes
            packet.ProtocolIdentifier = 1;
            packet.NumDi = 2;

            // 8 bytes
            // packet.Di = new DiObject[packet.NumDi];
            packet.Di[0] = 2;
            packet.Di[1] = 3;
            packet.Di[2] = 4;
            packet.Di[3] = 5;
            packet.Di[4] = 6;
            packet.Di[5] = 7;
            packet.Di[6] = 8;
            packet.Di[7] = 9;

            // Convert the struct in bytes
            int packetSize = Marshal.SizeOf<MyPacket>();
            var packetBytes = GetBytes(packet, packetSize);

            // Create the message

            var msg = new Message();
            msg.BodyStream = new MemoryStream(packetBytes);

            // Open or create the message queue
            if (!MessageQueue.Exists(queuePath))
                MessageQueue.Create(queuePath);

            // Open the queue
            var q = new MessageQueue(queuePath); // {Formatter = new BinaryMessageFormatter()};

            // Send the message to the queue
            q.Send(msg);

        }
    }
}

下面的代码提供了对字节数组的有效转换，以及具有可变内部数组大小的MyPacket结构的字节数组。实现通过使用不安全的指针算法避免了强制转换和边界检查。

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Messaging;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace StructToBytes
{
    // 4 bytes
    [Serializable]
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
    public unsafe struct DiObject
    {
        [FieldOffset(0)]
        public byte Command;

        [FieldOffset(1)]
        public byte ErrorClass;

        [FieldOffset(2)]
        public byte Reserved;

        [FieldOffset(3)]
        public byte Flags;
    }

    [Serializable]
    public unsafe struct MyPacket
    {
        public uint ProtocolIdentifier;
        public uint NumDi;
        public DiObject[] Di;

        public byte[] ToBytes()
        {
            byte[] buffer = new byte[NumDi];

            fixed(DiObject* pDi = Di)
            fixed(byte* pBuff = buffer)
            {
                var pBuffDi = (DiObject*)pBuff;
                var pDiPtr = pDi;
                for (int i = 0; i < NumDi; i++)
                    *pBuffDi++ = *pDiPtr++;
            }
            return buffer;
        }

        public static MyPacket Create(byte[] buffer)
        {
            // argument checking code here

            var packet = new MyPacket();
            packet.ProtocolIdentifier = buffer[0];
            packet.NumDi = buffer[1];
            packet.Di = new DiObject[packet.NumDi];

            fixed (byte* pBuf = buffer)
            fixed (DiObject* pDi = packet.Di)
            {
                byte* pBufPtr = pBuf;
                pBufPtr += 2;
                var pBufDi = (DiObject*)pBufPtr;
                var pDiPtr = pDi;

                for (int i = 0; i < packet.NumDi; i++)
                    *pDiPtr++ = *pBufDi++;
            }

            return packet;
        }
    }

    internal unsafe class Program
    {

        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            const string queuePath = @".\private$\test_msmq";

            // Create the packet
            var packet = new MyPacket();

            // 8 bytes
            packet.ProtocolIdentifier = 1;
            packet.NumDi = 5;

            // 8 bytes
            packet.Di = new DiObject[packet.NumDi];
            packet.Di[0].Command = 2;
            packet.Di[0].ErrorClass = 3;
            packet.Di[0].Flags = 4;
            packet.Di[0].Reserved = 5;
            packet.Di[1].Command = 6;
            packet.Di[1].ErrorClass = 7;
            packet.Di[1].Flags = 8;
            packet.Di[1].Reserved = 9;
            packet.Di[2].Command = 6;
            packet.Di[2].ErrorClass = 7;
            packet.Di[2].Flags = 8;
            packet.Di[2].Reserved = 9;
            packet.Di[3].Command = 6;
            packet.Di[3].ErrorClass = 7;
            packet.Di[3].Flags = 8;
            packet.Di[3].Reserved = 9;

            // Create the message

            var msg = new Message();
            msg.BodyStream = new MemoryStream(packet.ToBytes());

            // Open or create the message queue
            if (!MessageQueue.Exists(queuePath))
                MessageQueue.Create(queuePath);

            // Open the queue
            var q = new MessageQueue(queuePath);

            // Send the message to the queue
            q.Send(msg);

        }
    }
}