package main import ( "bytes" "encoding/binary" ) // VailMessage is a single Vail message. type Message struct { // Relative time in ms of this message. // These timestamps need to be consistent, but the offset can be anything. // ECMAScript `performance.now()` is ideal. Timestamp uint64 // Message timing in ms. // Timings alternate between tone and silence. // For example, `A` could be sent as [80, 80, 240] Duration []uint8 } // Marshaling presumes something else is keeping track of lengths func (m Message) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) { var w bytes.Buffer if err := binary.Write(&w, binary.BigEndian, m.Timestamp); err != nil { return nil, err } if err := binary.Write(&w, binary.BigEndian, m.Duration); err != nil { return nil, err } return w.Bytes(), nil } // Unmarshaling presumes something else is keeping track of lengths func (m *Message) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error { r := bytes.NewReader(data) if err := binary.Read(r, binary.BigEndian, &m.Timestamp); err != nil { return err } dlen := r.Len() m.Duration = make([]uint8, dlen) if err := binary.Read(r, binary.BigEndian, &m.Duration); err != nil { return err } return nil } func (m Message) Equal(m2 Message) bool { if m.Timestamp != m2.Timestamp { return false } if len(m.Duration) != len(m2.Duration) { return false } for i := range m.Duration { if m.Duration[i] != m2.Duration[i] { return false } } return true }