Merge pull request #257 from fjl/rlp-encoder

rlp: add functions for encoding

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rlp/encoder_example_test.go b/rlp/encoder_example_test.go
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index 000000000..57bad604d
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+++ b/rlp/encoder_example_test.go
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+package rlp
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+type MyCoolType struct {
+	Name string
+	a, b uint
+}
+
+// EncodeRLP writes x as RLP list [a, b] that omits the Name field.
+func (x *MyCoolType) EncodeRLP(w io.Writer) (err error) {
+	// Note: the receiver can be a nil pointer. This allows you to
+	// control the encoding of nil, but it also means that you have to
+	// check for a nil receiver.
+	if x == nil {
+		err = Encode(w, []uint{0, 0})
+	} else {
+		err = Encode(w, []uint{x.a, x.b})
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func ExampleEncoder() {
+	var t *MyCoolType // t is nil pointer to MyCoolType
+	bytes, _ := EncodeToBytes(t)
+	fmt.Printf("%v → %X\n", t, bytes)
+
+	t = &MyCoolType{Name: "foobar", a: 5, b: 6}
+	bytes, _ = EncodeToBytes(t)
+	fmt.Printf("%v → %X\n", t, bytes)
+
+	// Output:
+	// <nil> → C28080
+	// &{foobar 5 6} → C20506
+}