MiscExtensions.cs

#region License
//   Copyright 2010 John Sheehan
//
//   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
//   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
//   You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
//   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
//   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
//   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
//   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
//   limitations under the License. 
#endregion

using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace RestSharp.Extensions
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Extension method overload!
	/// </summary>
	public static class MiscExtensions
	{
#if !WINDOWS_PHONE && !PocketPC
		/// <summary>
		/// Save a byte array to a file
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="input">Bytes to save</param>
		/// <param name="path">Full path to save file to</param>
		public static void SaveAs(this byte[] input, string path)
		{
			File.WriteAllBytes(path, input);
		}
#endif

		/// <summary>
		/// Read a stream into a byte array
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="input">Stream to read</param>
		/// <returns>byte[]</returns>
		public static byte[] ReadAsBytes(this Stream input)
		{
			byte[] buffer = new byte[16 * 1024];
			using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
			{
				int read;
				while ((read = input.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
				{
					ms.Write(buffer, 0, read);
				}
				return ms.ToArray();
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Copies bytes from one stream to another
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="input">The input stream.</param>
		/// <param name="output">The output stream.</param>
		public static void CopyTo(this Stream input, Stream output)
		{
			var buffer = new byte[32768];
			while(true)
			{
				var read = input.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
				if(read <= 0)
					return;
				output.Write(buffer, 0, read);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Converts a byte array to a string, using its byte order mark to convert it to the right encoding.
		/// http://www.shrinkrays.net/code-snippets/csharp/an-extension-method-for-converting-a-byte-array-to-a-string.aspx
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="buffer">An array of bytes to convert</param>
		/// <returns>The byte as a string.</returns>
		public static string AsString(this byte[] buffer)
		{
            if (buffer == null) return "";

			// Ansi as default
			Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;

#if FRAMEWORK
			return encoding.GetString(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
#else
			if (buffer == null || buffer.Length == 0)
				return "";

			/*
				EF BB BF		UTF-8 
				FF FE UTF-16	little endian 
				FE FF UTF-16	big endian 
				FF FE 00 00		UTF-32, little endian 
				00 00 FE FF		UTF-32, big-endian 
				*/

			if (buffer[0] == 0xef && buffer[1] == 0xbb && buffer[2] == 0xbf)
			{
				encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
			}
			else if (buffer[0] == 0xfe && buffer[1] == 0xff)
			{
				encoding = Encoding.Unicode;
			}
			else if (buffer[0] == 0xfe && buffer[1] == 0xff)
			{
				encoding = Encoding.BigEndianUnicode; // utf-16be
			}

			using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
			{
				stream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
				stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
				using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream, encoding))
				{
					return reader.ReadToEnd();
				}
			}
#endif
		}
	}
}