package rushlink

// Easier marshalling to and from gob encoding

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/gob"
)

// Marshal serializes the value in v to a byte buffer.
func Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
	err := gob.NewEncoder(b).Encode(v)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return b.Bytes(), nil
}

// Unmarshal deserializes the data in data into the object in v.
func Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error {
	b := bytes.NewBuffer(data)
	return gob.NewDecoder(b).Decode(v)
}