Correct terminology for streaming a file into bytes and back

Question

I have the below methods:

    public static byte[] ConvertFileToBytes(string filePath)
    {
        var fInfo = new FileInfo(filePath);
        var numBytes = fInfo.Length;
        var dLen = Convert.ToDouble(fInfo.Length / 1000000);

        var fStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
        var br = new BinaryReader(fStream);

        var data = br.ReadBytes((int)numBytes);
        br.Close();

        fStream.Close();
        fStream.Dispose();

        return data;
    }

    public static void ConvertBytesToFile(byte[] file, string filePath)
    {
        var ms = new MemoryStream(file);

        var fs = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create);

        ms.WriteTo(fs);

        ms.Close();
        fs.Close();
        fs.Dispose();
    }

What is the correct to name these methods? (because Convert*XXX*to*YYY* just doesn't cut it in a Utilities library)

Answer 1

How about File.ReadAllBytes and File.WriteAllBytes ;)

HTH, Kent

Answer 2

The terms usually used are "serialize" and "deserialize" (or sometimes "marshal" and "demarshal").

Answer 3

Marshalling/Unmarshalling might be the appropriate term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshalling_(computer_science)

Answer 4

In C++ they would be called read and write.

Answer 5

The WriteAllBytes and ReadAllBytes are a good suggestion, but to answer your Question ...

Save() would be a good choice for renaming of ConvertToFile() and Object.CreateFromFile() for the reverse.