open-nomad/nomad/structs/structs.go

package structs

import (
	"bytes"

	"github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/codec"
)

type MessageType uint8

const (
	RegisterRequestType MessageType = iota
)

const (
	// IgnoreUnknownTypeFlag is set along with a MessageType
	// to indicate that the message type can be safely ignored
	// if it is not recognized. This is for future proofing, so
	// that new commands can be added in a way that won't cause
	// old servers to crash when the FSM attempts to process them.
	IgnoreUnknownTypeFlag MessageType = 128
)

// msgpackHandle is a shared handle for encoding/decoding of structs
var msgpackHandle = &codec.MsgpackHandle{}

// Decode is used to decode a MsgPack encoded object
func Decode(buf []byte, out interface{}) error {
	return codec.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(buf), msgpackHandle).Decode(out)
}

// Encode is used to encode a MsgPack object with type prefix
func Encode(t MessageType, msg interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	buf.WriteByte(uint8(t))
	err := codec.NewEncoder(&buf, msgpackHandle).Encode(msg)
	return buf.Bytes(), err
}