From 3c0511fa6af1e4f091101cc9eb034471b29783f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Petrov <petersvp@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 21:38:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] [C#] Added ToSizedArrayPadded(int padLeft, int padRight) to
 ByteBuffers to avoid unnecessary copying. (#8658)
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* Added ToSizedArrayPadded(int padLeft, int padRight) + ToArrayPadded(pos, len, padLeft, padRight) to the byteBuffers.
This is for API completion and to avoid unnecessary copy when framing my packets. I needed this to create a flat buffer with space in front of it for header / metadata.

* Fix indentation

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Co-authored-by: Björn Harrtell <bjornharrtell@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Wouter van Oortmerssen <aardappel@gmail.com>
---
 net/FlatBuffers/ByteBuffer.cs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/FlatBuffers/ByteBuffer.cs b/net/FlatBuffers/ByteBuffer.cs
index 0e959aec9..8e574d153 100644
--- a/net/FlatBuffers/ByteBuffer.cs
+++ b/net/FlatBuffers/ByteBuffer.cs
@@ -264,6 +264,22 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         }
 #endif
 
+        public T[] ToArrayPadded<T>(int pos, int len, int padLeft, int padRight)
+            where T : struct
+        {
+            AssertOffsetAndLength(pos, len);
+            int totalBytes = padLeft + len + padRight;
+            byte[] raw = _buffer.Buffer;
+            T[] arr = new T[totalBytes];
+            Buffer.BlockCopy(raw, pos, arr, padLeft, len);
+            return arr;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] ToSizedArrayPadded(int padLeft, int padRight)
+        {
+            return ToArrayPadded<byte>(Position, Length - Position, padLeft, padRight);
+        }
+
         public byte[] ToSizedArray()
         {
             return ToArray<byte>(Position, Length - Position);