codec

Documentation

Overview

Package codec implements codecs for marshaling/unmarshaling of native Go types into byte slices

Index

• Variables
• type Codec

Variables

var (
	// Gob is a Codec that uses the gob package
	Gob = Codec{gobMarshal, gobUnmarshal}
	// JSON is a Codec that uses the json package.
	JSON = Codec{json.Marshal, json.Unmarshal}
	// XML is a codec that uses the xml pacakge
	XML = Codec{xml.Marshal, xml.Unmarshal}
	// BSON is a codec that used the labix.org/v2/mgo/bson pacakge
	BSON = Codec{bson.Marshal, bson.Unmarshal}
	// ErrTestCodec is a codec that returns errors, used for testing other packages.
	ErrTestCodec = Codec{testMarshalErr, testUnmarshalErr}
)

Types

type Codec

type Codec struct {
	Marshal   func(interface{}) ([]byte, error)
	Unmarshal func([]byte, interface{}) error
}

Codec defines an interface for encoding/decoding Go values to bytes