How to convert objects to byte arrays in dart

Question

I need to convert some data into a custom defined packet format in flutter. To do this, I want to convert the individual data into a byte array which can be passed down the TCP socket.

I have converted the needed into an object but cannot find a solution to serialize it

Answer 1

One of the possible solutions might be converting your object into a JSON string and converting that string to bytes using dart:convert

// example object
final Example example =
    Example(name: "name", age: "age", address: "address");

// convert into bytes

// encode the object to a JSON string
String jsonString = jsonEncode(example);

// encode the string to a UTF-8 byte array
List<int> bytes = utf8.encode(jsonString);

// print the bytes for testing
print(bytes);

and don't forget to import

import 'dart:convert';