From e99f35f437c8cf9c2293836cd74604911bd6ab01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruslan Pyrch <doomrevx@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 20:14:46 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] add NetDataWriter.AsReadOnlySpan()

---
 LiteNetLib/Utils/NetDataWriter.cs | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/LiteNetLib/Utils/NetDataWriter.cs b/LiteNetLib/Utils/NetDataWriter.cs
index 528dcb53..c2579658 100644
--- a/LiteNetLib/Utils/NetDataWriter.cs
+++ b/LiteNetLib/Utils/NetDataWriter.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ public int Length
             get => _position;
         }
 
+#if LITENETLIB_SPANS || NETCOREAPP2_1_OR_GREATER || NETSTANDARD2_1_OR_GREATER || NETCOREAPP2_1 || NETCOREAPP3_1 || NET5_0 || NETSTANDARD2_1
+        public ReadOnlySpan<byte> AsReadOnlySpan()
+        {
+            return new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(_data, 0, _position);
+        }
+#endif
+
         public static readonly ThreadLocal<UTF8Encoding> uTF8Encoding = new ThreadLocal<UTF8Encoding>(() => new UTF8Encoding(false, true));
 
         public NetDataWriter() : this(true, InitialSize)