C#

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List<MyClass> classList = new List<MyClass>();<br />
<br />
classList.Add(new MyClass("Fred"));<br />
classList.Add(new MyClass("Wilma"));<br />
<br />
etc 

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public class MyClass<br />
{<br />
private string name;<br />
private string desc;<br />
<br />
private int anumber;<br />
<br />
// Want to show these in the interface<br />
public String Name<br />
{<br />
get { return (name); }<br />
set { name = value; }<br />
}<br />
public String Description<br />
{<br />
get { return (desc); }<br />
set { desc = value; }<br />
}<br />
<br />
// etc..<br />
<br />
<br />
// I DON'T want to show this in the interface<br />
public int Number<br />
{<br />
get { return (anumber); }<br />
set { anumber= value; }<br />
}<br />
}<br />

// This method takes data type T and stores it into a byte array starting at the specified index.
// The caller specifies whether the Most Significant Byte (MSB) should be stored at byteArray[index].
// If MSBFirst is false, then the MSB will be stored at byteArray[index + sizeof(T) - 1]
// This method assumes that we are running on a PC which is little endian.
public unsafe static void IntoBytes2 <T> (byte[] byteArray, int index, T data, bool MSBFirst) where T : struct
{
    byte* dataPtr = (byte*)&data;

    // make sure the array is big enough for the type being stored.
    if ((index + sizeof(T) - 1) <= byteArray.Length)
    {
        if (MSBFirst)
            // Reverse the Endianess
            for (int i = index + sizeof(T) - 1; i >= index; i--, dataPtr++)
            {
                byteArray[i] = *dataPtr;
            }
        else
            // Same endianess of platform (little on PC)
            for (int i = index; i < index + sizeof(T); i++, dataPtr++)
            {
                byteArray[i] = *dataPtr;
            }
    }
}