package data import ( "fmt" "strings" "strconv" ) func Encode(obj map[string][]string) string { var msg string msg += encodeHeader(0) for k, values := range obj { msg += encodeNamedList(k, values) } return msg } func encodeHeader(msgtype int) string { return fmt.Sprintf("%03.3d;", msgtype) } func encodeString(s string) string { return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%s,", len(s), s) } func encodeList(l []string) string { values := make([]string, 0, len(l)) for _, s := range l { values = append(values, encodeString(s)) } return encodeString(strings.Join(values, "")) } func encodeNamedList(name string, l []string) string { return encodeString(name) + encodeList(l) } func Decode(msg string) (map[string][]string, error) { msgtype, skip, err := decodeHeader(msg) if err != nil { return nil, err } if msgtype != 0 { // FIXME: use special error type so the caller can easily ignore return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown message type: %d", msgtype) } msg = msg[skip:] obj := make(map[string][]string) for len(msg) > 0 { k, skip, err := decodeString(msg) if err != nil { return nil, err } msg = msg[skip:] values, skip, err := decodeList(msg) if err != nil { return nil, err } msg = msg[skip:] obj[k] = values } return obj, nil } func decodeList(msg string) ([]string, int, error) { blob, skip, err := decodeString(msg) if err != nil { return nil, 0, err } var l []string for len(blob) > 0 { v, skipv, err := decodeString(blob) if err != nil { return nil, 0, err } l = append(l, v) blob = blob[skipv:] } return l, skip, nil } func decodeString(msg string) (string, int, error) { parts := strings.SplitN(msg, ":", 2) if len(parts) != 2 { return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid format: no column") } var length int if l, err := strconv.ParseUint(parts[0], 10, 64); err != nil { return "", 0, err } else { length = int(l) } if len(parts[1]) < length + 1 { return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("message is less than %d bytes", length) } payload := parts[1][:length + 1] if payload[length] != ',' { return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("message is not comma-terminated") } return payload[:length], len(parts[0]) + length + 1, nil } func decodeHeader(msg string) (int, int, error) { if len(msg) < 4 { return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("message too small") } msgtype, err := strconv.ParseInt(msg[:3], 10, 32) if err != nil { return 0, 0, err } return int(msgtype), 4, nil }