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//  Copyright 2012  Xamarin Inc.
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using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using MonoTouch.CoreLocation;
using MonoTouch.Foundation;
using MonoTouch.UIKit;

  /// <summary>
	/// Helper class with extension methods
	/// </summary>
	public static class UIKitExtensions
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Converts a UIImage to a byte array
		/// </summary>
		public static byte[] ToByteArray (this UIImage image)
		{
			if (image == null)
				return null;

			using (image) {
				using (var data = image.AsJPEG ()) {
					byte[] bytes = new byte[data.Length];
					Marshal.Copy (data.Bytes, bytes, 0, (int)data.Length);
					return bytes;
				}
			}
		}
	}