Interface BinaryEncoding

src/binary_encoding.rs:5–15

Marks a type which can be serialized to and from a binary encoding of either fixed or variable length.

/// Marks a type which can be serialized to and from a binary encoding of either
/// fixed or variable length.
pub trait BinaryEncoding: Sized {
    /// The binary type which is returned by serialization. Should either
    /// be `[u8; N]` or `Vec<u8>`.
    type Serialized;

    /// Serialize this data structure to its binary representation.
    fn to_bytes(&self) -> Self::Serialized;

    /// Deserialize this data structure from a binary representation.
    fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, DecodeError<Self>>;
}

/// Implements various binary encoding traits for both fixed or
/// variable-length encoded data structures.