[rabbitmq-discuss] Decoding header fields

Thu Jul 26 10:12:49 BST 2012

When I receive messages, I also receive information in custom header fields.

I can see the fields are there by inspecting 

e.BasicProperties.Headers

where e is of the type BasicDeliverEventArgs

The keys I can iterate through and make direct lookups against, but the
values are returned as objects but are in reality Byte[].

If I know the key is a string, I can decode it with:

String example =
System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString((byte[])e.BasicProperties.Headers["keyna
me"]);

But how do I decode integers, doubles and more?

Does RabbitMQ have something to aid me here?

Shouldn't RabbitMQ also pass the type with the value?

-- 

Bernhard

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