private byte[] ObjectToByteArray(object obj)

{

  // proper way to serialize object

  var objToString = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(obj);

  // convert that that to string with ascii you can chose what ever encoding want

  return System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(objToString);

}

​

private object ByteArrayToObject(byte[] bytes)

{

  // make sure you use same type what you use chose during conversation

  var stringObj = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);

  // proper way to Deserialize object

  return System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>(stringObj));

}

string author = "Mahesh Chand";  

// Convert a C# string to a byte array  

byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(author);  

​

// Convert a byte array to a C# string. 

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

int number;

byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(number);

if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)

    Array.Reverse(bytes);

// Convert an object to a byte array

private byte[] ObjectToByteArray(Object obj)

{

    if(obj == null)

        return null;

​

    BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();

    MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();

    bf.Serialize(ms, obj);

​

    return ms.ToArray();

}

​

// Convert a byte array to an Object

private Object ByteArrayToObject(byte[] arrBytes)

{

    MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();

    BinaryFormatter binForm = new BinaryFormatter();

    memStream.Write(arrBytes, 0, arrBytes.Length);

    memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

    Object obj = (Object) binForm.Deserialize(memStream);

​

    return obj;

}

var str = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(result);

// Convert a string to a C# byte[]

//change encoding depending on your data

string someText = "some data as text.";

byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(author);

​

// Convert a byte array to a C# string    

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

Console.WriteLine(str);

string input = "Hello, World!";

byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);

string string = "Hello";  

byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(string); 

int value = 42;

byte[] byteArray = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);