tendermint/binary/util.go

package binary

import (
    "crypto/sha256"
    "bytes"
)

func BinaryBytes(b Binary) ByteSlice {
    buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
    b.WriteTo(buf)
    return ByteSlice(buf.Bytes())
}

// NOTE: does not care about the type, only the binary representation.
func BinaryEqual(a, b Binary) bool {
    aBytes := BinaryBytes(a)
    bBytes := BinaryBytes(b)
    return bytes.Equal(aBytes, bBytes)
}

// NOTE: does not care about the type, only the binary representation.
func BinaryCompare(a, b Binary) int {
    aBytes := BinaryBytes(a)
    bBytes := BinaryBytes(b)
    return bytes.Compare(aBytes, bBytes)
}

func BinaryHash(b Binary) ByteSlice {
    hasher := sha256.New()
    _, err := b.WriteTo(hasher)
    if err != nil { panic(err) }
    return ByteSlice(hasher.Sum(nil))
}