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Byte [] in ArrayList?

Can someone tell me how can I convert byte [] to ArrayList using C # under Windows Mobile?

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  • it will look like an ArrayList contains instances of a custom type. This list refers to the database (in blob) as a byte array (conversion is performed by the database API); I want to return byte [] in an ArrayList;

  • .NET CF does not provide BinaryFormatter;

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All arrays inherit ICollection, so you can just use

ArrayList list = new ArrayList(bytearray);

although I would use a generic <byte> list using the same method that prevents boxing of each byte value in the array. Although arrays do not statically inherit from a common IList for the corresponding type, the CLR adds appropriate implementations to each instance of the array at runtime (see Important note here )

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Can't you do it?

 ArrayList list = new ArrayList(byteArray);
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ArrayList is untyped and should be used for compatibility only.

I suggest you use List <byte>:

 var list = new List<byte>(byteArray);

Edit: If the database API is converting, should it not provide deserialization? Try using Reflector to find out how it is converted.

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CF doesn't seem to support BinaryFormatter . Do you control a component that sends this binary data? Can you convert the data in Xml to this component? If you don’t take a look at Compact Formatter

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