go-pulse/rlp/decode_tail_test.go
2016-04-15 09:48:05 +02:00

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// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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//
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
package rlp
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
)
type structWithTail struct {
A, B uint
C []uint `rlp:"tail"`
}
func ExampleDecode_structTagTail() {
// In this example, the "tail" struct tag is used to decode lists of
// differing length into a struct.
var val structWithTail
err := Decode(bytes.NewReader([]byte{0xC4, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04}), &val)
fmt.Printf("with 4 elements: err=%v val=%v\n", err, val)
err = Decode(bytes.NewReader([]byte{0xC6, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06}), &val)
fmt.Printf("with 6 elements: err=%v val=%v\n", err, val)
// Note that at least two list elements must be present to
// fill fields A and B:
err = Decode(bytes.NewReader([]byte{0xC1, 0x01}), &val)
fmt.Printf("with 1 element: err=%q\n", err)
// Output:
// with 4 elements: err=<nil> val={1 2 [3 4]}
// with 6 elements: err=<nil> val={1 2 [3 4 5 6]}
// with 1 element: err="rlp: too few elements for rlp.structWithTail"
}