Refactor database login into a separate module

pkg/gobmarsh/marshal.go

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+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)
+}