// ISnmpData extension class.
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using System;
using System.IO;

namespace GSF.Net.Snmp
{
    /// <summary>
    /// <see cref="ISnmpData"/> extension class.
    /// </summary>
    public static class SnmpDataExtension
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Converts to byte format.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static byte[] ToBytes(this ISnmpData data)
        {
            if (data == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(data));
            }
                
            using (MemoryStream result = new MemoryStream())
            {
                data.AppendBytesTo(result);
                return result.ToArray();
            }
        }
    }
}