V1.10.0

build.ln

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         "dotnet"
     ],
     "env": {
-        "NUGET_SOURCE": "https://nexus.niclas-thobaben.de/repository/l--n.de/",
+        "NUGET_SOURCE": "https://nexus.l--n.de/repository/ln.net/",
         "CONFIGURATION": "Release"
     },
     "stages": [

ln.type/Cast.cs

@@ -36,8 +36,14 @@ namespace ln.type
                 targetValue = value;
                 return true;
             }
-            
-            if (
+
+            if (targetType.Equals(typeof(byte[])) && value is string svalue)
+            {
+                targetValue = Convert.FromBase64String(svalue);
+            } else if (targetType.Equals(typeof(string)) && (value is byte[] bytes))
+            {
+                targetValue = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
+            } else if (
                 !Implicit(value, targetType, out targetValue) &&
                 !Implicit(value, value.GetType(), targetType, out targetValue) &&
                 !Explicit(value, targetType, out targetValue) &&

ln.type/Extensions.cs

@@ -209,6 +209,28 @@ namespace ln.type
             return BitConverter.ToDouble(bytes, 0);
         }
 
+        public static string ReadCString(this Stream stream)
+        {
+            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+            int p = 0, ch;
+            while ((ch = stream.ReadByte()) != -1)
+            {
+                if (ch == 0)
+                    break;
+                
+                if (p == buffer.Length)
+                {
+                    byte[] nb = new byte[buffer.Length << 1];
+                    Array.Copy(buffer, nb, buffer.Length);
+                    buffer = nb;
+                }
+                
+                buffer[p++] = (byte)ch;
+            }
+
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, p);
+        }
+
 
 
 

ln.type/ln.type.csproj

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
         <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-        <Version>0.1.7</Version>
+        <Version>0.1.9</Version>
         <Authors>Harald Wolff-Thobaben</Authors>
         <Company>l--n.de</Company>
         <AssemblyVersion>0.0.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
         <FileVersion>0.0.1.0</FileVersion>
-        <PackageVersion>0.1.8</PackageVersion>
+        <PackageVersion>0.1.10-preview0</PackageVersion>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>