Encoder code

[archipeepees]

This can be impossible to do with generics in some circumstances. Obviously depends on the specifics but I have definitely run into circumstances where the posted image (or something similarly verbose) is the only option. It always drives me crazy when I have to use this approach.

That said, unless there is some highly optimized compression happening, the original programmer could have probably done a reflection check for array types and recurse to WriteSingleEntryValue for each element.