Converting DataSet to a Byte Array

Here is the code that can be used for converting a DataSet into its corresponding byte array. Sometimes when we need to send the data across the network through WCF service, we can get advantage of sending our data into a byte array. The reason behind to send the data in Byte Array format is that byte array is the one of the primitive data type available in .Net

        private byte[] ConvertDataSetToByteArray(DataSet dataSet)

        {

            byte[] binaryDataResult = null;

            using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())

            {

                BinaryFormatter brFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();

                dataSet.RemotingFormat = SerializationFormat.Binary;

                brFormatter.Serialize(memStream, dataSet);

                binaryDataResult = memStream.ToArray();

            }

            return binaryDataResult;

        }