package protobuf

import (
	"errors"

	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
)

// More details on Protocol Buffers https://github.com/golang/protobuf
var (
	Codec = new(protobufCodec)
	errNotProtocolBufferMessage = errors.New("value isn't a Protocol Buffers Message")
)

type protobufCodec int

func (c protobufCodec) Encode(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
	message, ok := v.(proto.Message)
	if !ok {
		return nil, errNotProtocolBufferMessage
	}
	return proto.Marshal(message)
}

func (c protobufCodec) Decode(b []byte, v interface{}) error {
	message, ok := v.(proto.Message)
	if !ok {
		return errNotProtocolBufferMessage
	}
	return proto.Unmarshal(b, message)
}