package common import ( "encoding/hex" "fmt" "strings" ) // The main purpose of Bytes is to enable HEX-encoding for json/encoding. type Bytes []byte // Marshal needed for protobuf compatibility func (b Bytes) Marshal() ([]byte, error) { return b, nil } // Unmarshal needed for protobuf compatibility func (b *Bytes) Unmarshal(data []byte) error { *b = data return nil } // This is the point of Bytes. func (b Bytes) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { s := strings.ToUpper(hex.EncodeToString(b)) jb := make([]byte, len(s)+2) jb[0] = '"' copy(jb[1:], []byte(s)) jb[1] = '"' return jb, nil } // This is the point of Bytes. func (b *Bytes) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error { if len(data) < 2 || data[0] != '"' || data[len(data)-1] != '"' { return fmt.Errorf("Invalid hex string: %s", data) } bytes, err := hex.DecodeString(string(data[1 : len(data)-1])) if err != nil { return err } *b = bytes return nil } // Allow it to fulfill various interfaces in light-client, etc... func (b Bytes) Bytes() []byte { return b } func (b Bytes) String() string { return strings.ToUpper(hex.EncodeToString(b)) }