gobber

Documentation

Overview

Package gobber implements a buffer based datagram oriented gob coder.

Index

• type Gobber
  • func New() *Gobber
  • func (g *Gobber) Decode(data []byte, msg interface{}) error
  • func (g *Gobber) Encode(msg interface{}) ([]byte, error)
  • func (g *Gobber) Init(msg interface{}) error

Types

type Gobber

type Gobber struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

A gob encoder and decoder for datagram messages.

func New

func New() *Gobber

Creates and returns a new gobber.

func (*Gobber) Decode

func (g *Gobber) Decode(data []byte, msg interface{}) error

Decodes the source data assembling the requested message.

func (*Gobber) Encode

func (g *Gobber) Encode(msg interface{}) ([]byte, error)

Encodes a message and returns a reference to the output buffer. The caller is responsible for copying the slice contents before the next call!

func (*Gobber) Init

func (g *Gobber) Init(msg interface{}) error

Initializes the internal gob state to handle messages of the given type.