Bencode

Description

Bencode can decode a byte array into C# object, dictionary, list, int and string types. It also can encode above types to a byte array.

Get more information about Bencode in Wikipedia.

Installation

You can start using Bencode right away by installing the NuGet package:

Gettging Started

Import Bencode namespace first:

using Bencode;

Bencode functions are in the BencodeUtility class.

In order to encode objects to a byte array:

Dictionary<string, object> dic = new Dictionary<string, Object>
    {
        {"nick", "Create Chen"},
        {"blog","http://www.cnblogs.com/technology"},
        {"interests", new List<object> {"coding", "basketball"}}
    };
byte[] bytes = BencodeUtility.Encode(dic).ToArray();

string str = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
Console.WriteLine(str);

Decode a byte array to a adequate type can use following methods:

• BencodeUtility.Decode(byte[] source)
• BencodeUtility.DecodeInt(byte[] source)
• BencodeUtility.DecodeString(byte[] source)
• BencodeUtility.DecodeList(byte[] source)
• BencodeUtility.DecodeDicionary(byte[] source)