Updated Marshal and unmarshal methods to make compatible with protobuf (#2918)

* upadtes in grpc Marshal and unmarshal

* update comments

types/block.go

@@ -275,6 +275,28 @@ func (b *Block) StringShort() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Block#%v", b.Hash())
 }
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------
+// These methods are for Protobuf Compatibility
+
+// Marshal returns the amino encoding.
+func (b *Block) Marshal() ([]byte, error) {
+	return cdc.MarshalBinaryBare(b)
+}
+
+// MarshalTo calls Marshal and copies to the given buffer.
+func (b *Block) MarshalTo(data []byte) (int, error) {
+	bs, err := b.Marshal()
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, err
+	}
+	return copy(data, bs), nil
+}
+
+// Unmarshal deserializes from amino encoded form.
+func (b *Block) Unmarshal(bs []byte) error {
+	return cdc.UnmarshalBinaryBare(bs, b)
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // MaxDataBytes returns the maximum size of block's data.

types/block_meta.go

@@ -13,3 +13,31 @@ func NewBlockMeta(block *Block, blockParts *PartSet) *BlockMeta {
 		Header:  block.Header,
 	}
 }
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------
+// These methods are for Protobuf Compatibility
+
+// Size returns the size of the amino encoding, in bytes.
+func (bm *BlockMeta) Size() int {
+	bs, _ := bm.Marshal()
+	return len(bs)
+}
+
+// Marshal returns the amino encoding.
+func (bm *BlockMeta) Marshal() ([]byte, error) {
+	return cdc.MarshalBinaryBare(bm)
+}
+
+// MarshalTo calls Marshal and copies to the given buffer.
+func (bm *BlockMeta) MarshalTo(data []byte) (int, error) {
+	bs, err := bm.Marshal()
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, err
+	}
+	return copy(data, bs), nil
+}
+
+// Unmarshal deserializes from amino encoded form.
+func (bm *BlockMeta) Unmarshal(bs []byte) error {
+	return cdc.UnmarshalBinaryBare(bs, bm)
+}