c# - Send objects through tcplistener -

are there ways send besides strings through tcplistener? because of examples have seen far involve encoding string array of bytes, sending through, , decoding on other side.

encoding.ascii.getbytes("message"); //this sent array of bytes 

what if wanted send float through, or int through, or else? involve 'converting' object array of bytes , sending over?

[edit] apologize if stupid question, i'm trying learn more networking here.

depends, if can attach binarywriter networkstream, can stuff like:

static void servertask(object clnobj) {     tcpclient client = clnobj tcpclient;      binarywriter bw = new binarywriter(client.getstream());      int k =99;     bw.write(k);      client.close(); } 

but when sending in binary should careful things endianness. floats, important encoding, must same on receiving , sending parts. think binaryreader, binarywriter handle these (e.g., endianness fixed).

in end being sent array of bytes. binarywriter abstraction here, , work converting integer array of bytes.