Icom.CIV.Core.Helpers.cs

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace Icom.CIV
{
    public partial class Core : IDisposable
    {
        // Helper to extract description attribute
        private static string GetEnumDescription(Enum value)
        {
            FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());
            System.ComponentModel.
            DescriptionAttribute[] attributes =
                (DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(
                typeof(DescriptionAttribute),
                false);

            if (attributes != null &&
                attributes.Length > 0)
                return attributes[0].Description;
            else
                return value.ToString();
        }

        // Convert an unsigned integer into 5 bytes of 
        private byte[] IntToBCD5(uint numericvalue, int bytesize = 5)
        {
            byte[] bcd = new byte[bytesize];
            for (int byteNo = 0; byteNo < bytesize; ++byteNo)
                bcd[byteNo] = 0;
            for (int digit = 0; digit < bytesize * 2; ++digit)
            {
                uint hexpart = numericvalue % 10;
                bcd[digit / 2] |= (byte)(hexpart << ((digit % 2) * 4));
                numericvalue /= 10;
            }
            return bcd;
        }
    }
}