NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.WriteFromDict C# (CSharp) Method

        public void WriteFromDict(Type keyType, Type valType, System.Collections.IDictionary val)
        {
            long origPos = stream.Position;
            Write ((uint)0);

            //advance to the alignment of the element
            //WritePad (Protocol.GetAlignment (Signature.TypeToDType (type)));
            WritePad (8);

            long startPos = stream.Position;

            foreach (System.Collections.DictionaryEntry entry in val)
            {
                WritePad (8);

                Write (keyType, entry.Key);
                Write (valType, entry.Value);
            }

            long endPos = stream.Position;
            uint ln = (uint)(endPos - startPos);
            stream.Position = origPos;

            if (ln > Protocol.MaxArrayLength)
                throw new Exception ("Dict length " + ln + " exceeds maximum allowed " + Protocol.MaxArrayLength + " bytes");

            Write (ln);
            stream.Position = endPos;
        }