OpenRA.StreamExts.WriteString C# (CSharp) Method

        public static int WriteString(this Stream s, Encoding encoding, string text)
        {
            byte[] bytes;

            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
                bytes = encoding.GetBytes(text);
            else
                bytes = new byte[0];

            s.Write(bytes.Length);
            s.Write(bytes);

            return 4 + bytes.Length;
        }