Casting a byte array to a managed structure

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//I have found this at: http://code.cheesydesign.com/?p=572 (I have not tested yet, but
// at first sight it will work well.)

    /// <summary>
    /// Reads in a block from a file and converts it to the struct
    /// type specified by the template parameter
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
    /// <param name="reader"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private static T FromBinaryReader<T>(BinaryReader reader)
    {

        // Read in a byte array
        byte[] bytes = reader.ReadBytes(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(T)));

        // Pin the managed memory while, copy it out the data, then unpin it
        GCHandle handle = GCHandle.Alloc(bytes, GCHandleType.Pinned);
        T theStructure = (T)Marshal.PtrToStructure(handle.AddrOfPinnedObject(), typeof(T));
        handle.Free();

        return theStructure;
    }

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