Structural binary serialization

bytesconv/serialization.go

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+package bytesconv
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
+)
+
+func Encode(v any) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buf = new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buf)
+	if err := enc.Encode(v); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+func Decode(b []byte, out any) error {
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buf)
+	return dec.Decode(out)
+}

bytesconv/serialization_test.go

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+package bytesconv
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type SimpleUser struct {
+	FirstName string
+	LastName  string
+}
+
+func TestGob(t *testing.T) {
+	u := SimpleUser{FirstName: "Radomir", LastName: "Sohlich"}
+	buf, err := Encode(u)
+	t.Log("Gob", BytesResult(buf).Hex(), err)
+
+	var u2 SimpleUser
+	if err := Decode(buf, &u2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	jBytes, _ := json.Marshal(u2)
+	t.Log("Json:", BytesResult(jBytes).Hex())
+
+	t.Logf("%+v", u2)
+}