在数据通信或者调用C/C++的DLL时，会用到结构或类的封送()，但是当结构或者类中用到string类型时，封送的数据会出现缺失。下面是以类的封送转换来举例。代码如下
using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Runtime.InteropServices;using System.Text;namespace StringLayoutTest{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { TestStructToBytes(); } private static void TestStructToBytes() { TestStruct testStruct = new TestStruct(); testStruct.name = "ABC"; Console.WriteLine("Input={0}",testStruct.name); int testStructLen = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(TestStruct)); Console.WriteLine("Struct Len={0}",testStructLen); byte[] testStructBytes = structToBytes(testStruct); Console.WriteLine("Data Len={0},Data={1}", testStructBytes.Length, Encoding.UTF8.GetString(testStructBytes)); foreach (byte item in testStructBytes) { Console.WriteLine("byte={0},char={1}", item, (char)item); } Console.ReadLine(); } [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, Pack = 1)] public sealed class TestStruct { [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 3)] public string name = ""; } public static byte[] structToBytes(object obj) { int size = Marshal.SizeOf(obj);//Get size of struct or class. byte[] bytes = new byte[size]; IntPtr structPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);//Allocate memory space of the struct or class. Marshal.StructureToPtr(obj, structPtr, false);//Copy struct or class to the memory space. Marshal.Copy(structPtr, bytes, 0, size);//Copy memory space to byte array. Marshal.FreeHGlobal(structPtr);//Release memory space. return bytes; } }} 运行结果见图1 图1
我们输入的是ABC，但经过封送后却变成了AB。再看封送后展开的字节，会发现第一个字节是65（A)，第二个字节是66(B)，第三个字节为0(空)，这里其实三个字节都已经封送了，只是最后一个字节变成了0，也就是结束符'\0'，只是结束符输出时是空的。
所以封送的字节数还是3个，只是因为最后一个字节会默认是结束符'\0'，这样真正放数据的长度就相当于少了一位，也就是只有2位，自然数据也就只有前两个字节了。
那如果从字节转换成结构或者类（相当于通过DLL调用得到了数据，然后要转换成所要的数据结构或者数据类），是不是也有同样的问题呢？为此，也作了测试，代码如下
using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Runtime.InteropServices;using System.Text;namespace StringLayoutTest{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { TestBytesToStruct(); } private static void TestBytesToStruct() { byte[] testStructBytes = new byte[3]; testStructBytes[0] = 65;//A testStructBytes[1] = 66;//B testStructBytes[2] = 67;//C Console.WriteLine("Input={0}", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(testStructBytes)); TestStruct testStruct = (TestStruct)bytesToStruct(testStructBytes, typeof(TestStruct)); Console.WriteLine("Len={0},Data={1}", testStruct.name.Length, testStruct.name); Console.ReadLine(); } [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, Pack = 1)] public sealed class TestStruct { [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 3)] public string name = ""; } public static object bytesToStruct(byte[] bytes, Type type, int startIndex = 0) { int size = Marshal.SizeOf(type);//Get size of the struct or class. if (bytes.Length < size) { return null; } IntPtr structPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);//Allocate memory space of the struct or class. Marshal.Copy(bytes, startIndex, structPtr, size);//Copy byte array to the memory space. object obj = Marshal.PtrToStructure(structPtr, type);//Convert memory space to destination struct or class. Marshal.FreeHGlobal(structPtr);//Release memory space. return obj; } }} 运行结果见图2 图2
我们输入的是ABC（代码中已经将字节数组testStructBytes赋值为ABC），但转换成类之后，却只变成了AB，原因还是因为最后一个字节被处理成了结束符。
那这个问题要如何解决呢？
方案一：
在结构或者中定义string的封送长度时多加1字节的长度（相当于在C/C++中定义char字符串时，需要多一个字节的结束位），然后进行封送。不过，这可能会引发另一 个问题。因为我实际字串长度就是3，而封送的时为了给结束符留1个字节就需要4字节的长度，这样一来，长度的控制上就有可能出问题。那有没有更好的方案呢？可以看方案二。
方案二：
不采用string来封送数据，而是使用byte数组。比如，上面的的问题，我们可以按下面的方式来解决。
using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Runtime.InteropServices;using System.Text;namespace StringLayoutTest{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //TestStructToBytes(); //TestBytesToStruct(); TestBytesToStruct2(); } private static void TestBytesToStruct() { byte[] testStructBytes = new byte[3]; testStructBytes[0] = 65;//A testStructBytes[1] = 66;//B testStructBytes[2] = 67;//C Console.WriteLine("Input={0}", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(testStructBytes)); TestStruct testStruct = (TestStruct)bytesToStruct(testStructBytes, typeof(TestStruct)); Console.WriteLine("Len={0},Data={1}", testStruct.name.Length, testStruct.name); Console.ReadLine(); } private static void TestBytesToStruct2() { byte[] testStructBytes = new byte[3]; testStructBytes[0] = 65;//A testStructBytes[1] = 66;//B testStructBytes[2] = 67;//C Console.WriteLine("Input={0}", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(testStructBytes)); TestStruct2 testStruct = (TestStruct2)bytesToStruct(testStructBytes, typeof(TestStruct2)); Console.WriteLine("Len={0},Data={1}", testStruct.name.Length, Encoding.UTF8.GetString(testStruct.name)); Console.ReadLine(); } private static void TestStructToBytes() { TestStruct testStruct = new TestStruct(); testStruct.name = "ABC"; Console.WriteLine("Input={0}",testStruct.name); int testStructLen = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(TestStruct)); Console.WriteLine("Struct Len={0}",testStructLen); byte[] testStructBytes = structToBytes(testStruct); Console.WriteLine("Data Len={0},Data={1}", testStructBytes.Length, Encoding.UTF8.GetString(testStructBytes)); foreach (byte item in testStructBytes) { Console.WriteLine("byte={0},char={1}", item, (char)item); } Console.ReadLine(); } [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, Pack = 1)] public sealed class TestStruct { [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 3)] public string name = ""; } [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, Pack = 1)] public sealed class TestStruct2 { [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 3)] public byte[] name; } public static byte[] structToBytes(object obj) { int size = Marshal.SizeOf(obj);//Get size of struct or class. byte[] bytes = new byte[size]; IntPtr structPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);//Allocate memory space of the struct or class. Marshal.StructureToPtr(obj, structPtr, false);//Copy struct or class to the memory space. Marshal.Copy(structPtr, bytes, 0, size);//Copy memory space to byte array. Marshal.FreeHGlobal(structPtr);//Release memory space. return bytes; } public static object bytesToStruct(byte[] bytes, Type type, int startIndex = 0) { int size = Marshal.SizeOf(type);//Get size of the struct or class. if (bytes.Length < size) { return null; } IntPtr structPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);//Allocate memory space of the struct or class. Marshal.Copy(bytes, startIndex, structPtr, size);//Copy byte array to the memory space. object obj = Marshal.PtrToStructure(structPtr, type);//Convert memory space to destination struct or class. Marshal.FreeHGlobal(structPtr);//Release memory space. return obj; } }}运行结果 
输入和转换后的结果都ABC，达到了预期。不过这里有一个问题，因为封送的是字节数组，所以必须要转换成字符串。而在转换成字符串时会有编码的问题，一般使用UTF-8是可以的，但也不排除一些其他的情况。
结论：
在.NET中对类或者结构进行封送时，要特别注意string的封送，具体要采用byte数组来替换还是增加1字节的结束符，要看具体应用而定。