Added methods for typecasting single values to Data

BXSwiftUtils/Data/Data+TypeCasting.swift

@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@ import Foundation
 public extension Data
 {
 
+	/// Wraps a value of type T in Data object WITHOUT copying the underlying memory
+	/// - parameter value: The value or object to be wrapped
+
+	init<T>(usingMemoryOf value: inout T)
+	{
+        self.init(buffer: UnsafeBufferPointer(start: &value, count: 1))
+    }
+
+
+	/// Converts a Data object to a value WITHOUT copying the underlying memory
+	/// - parameter type: The type of the value
+
+    func `as`<T>(type: T.Type) -> T
+    {
+        return self.withUnsafeBytes { $0.pointee }
+    }
+
+
 	/// Wraps an Array in a Data object WITHOUT copying the underlying memory
 	/// - parameter array: An array of values of type T
 
@@ -30,7 +48,7 @@ public extension Data
 	/// Converts a Data object to an Array WITHOUT copying the underlying memory
 	/// - parameter type: The type of the array elements
 
-    func asArray<T>(ofType type: T.Type) -> [T]
+    func asArray<T>(ofType: T.Type) -> [T]
     {
     	let count = self.count / MemoryLayout<T>.stride