Converting a .NET object to (byte*)

Question

Is there a way to cast a System.Object to byte*?

Answer 1

According to Jon Skeet, it is possible through just casting it to a byte array.

Answer 2

Just use:

byte[] b = (byte[]) myobj;

Answer 3

How about something like...

BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream(1024);

Object1 blah = new Object1("Hello");

bf.Serialize(ms, blah);
byte[] bytes = ms.GetBuffer();

Answer 4

OK, I found the solution:

(byte*)(int)someObject