gobtools/gob_tools.go

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package gobtools

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/gob"
)

type CustomGob[T any] interface {
	ToGob() *T
	FromGob(data *T)
}

func CustomGobEncode[T any](cg CustomGob[T]) ([]byte, error) {
	w := new(bytes.Buffer)
	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(w)
	err := encoder.Encode(cg.ToGob())
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return w.Bytes(), nil
}

func CustomGobDecode[T any](data []byte, cg CustomGob[T]) error {
	r := bytes.NewBuffer(data)
	var value T
	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(r)
	err := decoder.Decode(&value)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	cg.FromGob(&value)

	return nil
}