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codec

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Versions in this module

v1

v1.1.5

Jun 6, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const BoolLen

+ const ByteLen

+ const DefaultMaxSize

+ const IPLen

+ const IntLen

+ const LongLen

+ const MaxStringLen

+ const ShortLen

+ const VersionSize

+ var ErrBadLength = errors.New("packing: bad length")

+ var ErrCantPackVersion = errors.New("couldn't pack codec version")

+ var ErrCantUnpackVersion = errors.New("couldn't unpack codec version")

+ var ErrDoesNotImplementInterface = errors.New("does not implement interface")

+ var ErrDuplicateType = errors.New("duplicate type registration")

+ var ErrExtraSpace = errors.New("trailing buffer space")

+ var ErrInsufficientLength = errors.New("packing: insufficient length")

+ var ErrMarshalNil = errors.New("can't marshal nil pointer")

+ var ErrMarshalZeroLength = errors.New("can't marshal zero length value")

+ var ErrMaxSliceLenExceeded = errors.New("max slice length exceeded")

+ var ErrNegativeLength = errors.New("packing: negative length")

+ var ErrOverflow = errors.New("packing: overflow")

+ var ErrUnexportedField = errors.New("unexported field")

+ var ErrUnknownVersion = errors.New("unknown codec version")

+ var ErrUnmarshalNil = errors.New("can't unmarshal into nil")

+ var ErrUnmarshalZeroLength = errors.New("can't unmarshal zero length value")

+ var ErrUnsupportedType = errors.New("unsupported type")

+ func StringLen(str string) int

+ type Codec interface

+ MarshalInto func(interface{}, *wrappers.Packer) error

+ Size func(value interface{}) (int, error)

+ UnmarshalFrom func(*wrappers.Packer, interface{}) error

+ type Errs struct

+ Err error

+ func (errs *Errs) Add(errors ...error)

+ func (errs *Errs) Errored() bool

+ type GeneralCodec interface

+ type Manager interface

+ Marshal func(version uint16, source interface{}) ([]byte, error)

+ RegisterCodec func(version uint16, codec Codec) error

+ Size func(version uint16, value interface{}) (int, error)

+ Unmarshal func(bytes []byte, dest interface{}) (uint16, error)

+ func NewDefaultManager() Manager

+ func NewManager(maxSize uint64) Manager

+ type Packer struct

+ Bytes []byte

+ Err error

+ Offset int

+ func NewPacker(maxSize int) *Packer

+ func PackerFromBytes(b []byte) *Packer

+ func (p *Packer) Errored() bool

+ func (p *Packer) PackBool(val bool)

+ func (p *Packer) PackByte(val byte)

+ func (p *Packer) PackBytes(val []byte)

+ func (p *Packer) PackFixedBytes(val []byte)

+ func (p *Packer) PackID(id ids.ID)

+ func (p *Packer) PackInt(val uint32)

+ func (p *Packer) PackLong(val uint64)

+ func (p *Packer) PackShort(val uint16)

+ func (p *Packer) PackStr(val string)

+ func (p *Packer) Remaining() int

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackBool() bool

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackByte() byte

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackBytes() []byte

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackFixedBytes(n int) []byte

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackID() ids.ID

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackInt() uint32

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackLong() uint64

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackShort() uint16

+ func (p *Packer) UnpackStr() string

+ type Registry interface

+ RegisterType func(interface{}) error

v1.1.4

Jan 26, 2026

v1.1.3

Jan 10, 2026

v1.1.2

Jan 9, 2026

v1.1.1

Jan 1, 2026

v1.1.0

Dec 24, 2025

v1.0.4

Dec 4, 2025

v1.0.3

Dec 4, 2025

v1.0.2

Dec 4, 2025

v1.0.1

Dec 4, 2025

v1.0.0

Dec 4, 2025