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binary/byteslice.go

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+package binary
+
+import "io"
+import "bytes"
+
+type ByteSlice []byte
+
+func (self ByteSlice) Equals(other Binary) bool {
+    if o, ok := other.(ByteSlice); ok {
+        return bytes.Equal(self, o)
+    } else {
+        return false
+    }
+}
+
+func (self ByteSlice) Less(other Binary) bool {
+    if o, ok := other.(ByteSlice); ok {
+        return bytes.Compare(self, o) < 0 // -1 if a < b
+    } else {
+        panic("Cannot compare unequal types")
+    }
+}
+
+func (self ByteSlice) ByteSize() int {
+    return len(self)+4
+}
+
+func (self ByteSlice) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err error) {
+    var n_ int
+    _, err = UInt32(len(self)).WriteTo(w)
+    if err != nil { return n, err }
+    n_, err = w.Write([]byte(self))
+    return int64(n_+4), err
+}
+
+func ReadByteSlice(r io.Reader) ByteSlice {
+    length := int(ReadUInt32(r))
+    bytes := make([]byte, length)
+    _, err := io.ReadFull(r, bytes)
+    if err != nil { panic(err) }
+    return ByteSlice(bytes)
+}