tendermint/libs/bytes/bytes.go

package bytes

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/hex"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

// The main purpose of HexBytes is to enable HEX-encoding for json/encoding.
type HexBytes []byte

var (
	_ json.Marshaler   = HexBytes{}
	_ json.Unmarshaler = &HexBytes{}
)

// Marshal needed for protobuf compatibility
func (bz HexBytes) Marshal() ([]byte, error) {
	return bz, nil
}

// Unmarshal needed for protobuf compatibility
func (bz *HexBytes) Unmarshal(data []byte) error {
	*bz = data
	return nil
}

// MarshalJSON implements the json.Marshaler interface. The hex bytes is a
// quoted hexadecimal encoded string.
func (bz HexBytes) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	s := strings.ToUpper(hex.EncodeToString(bz))
	jbz := make([]byte, len(s)+2)
	jbz[0] = '"'
	copy(jbz[1:], s)
	jbz[len(jbz)-1] = '"'
	return jbz, nil
}

// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Umarshaler interface.
func (bz *HexBytes) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	if bytes.Equal(data, []byte("null")) {
		return nil
	}

	if len(data) < 2 || data[0] != '"' || data[len(data)-1] != '"' {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid hex string: %s", data)
	}

	bz2, err := hex.DecodeString(string(data[1 : len(data)-1]))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	*bz = bz2

	return nil
}

// Allow it to fulfill various interfaces in light-client, etc...
func (bz HexBytes) Bytes() []byte {
	return bz
}

func (bz HexBytes) String() string {
	return strings.ToUpper(hex.EncodeToString(bz))
}

func (bz HexBytes) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) {
	switch verb {
	case 'p':
		s.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%p", bz)))
	default:
		s.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%X", []byte(bz))))
	}
}