1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
//! Basic types of compact_encoding.
use std::convert::TryFrom;
use std::fmt;
use std::ops::Range;

const U16_SIGNIFIER: u8 = 0xfd;
const U32_SIGNIFIER: u8 = 0xfe;
const U64_SIGNIFIER: u8 = 0xff;

/// Specific type [EncodingError]
#[derive(fmt::Debug)]
pub enum EncodingErrorKind {
    /// Encoding or decoding did not stay between [State] `start` and `end`.
    OutOfBounds,
    /// Buffer data overflowed type during encoding or decoding.
    Overflow,
    /// Buffer contained invalid data during decoding.
    InvalidData,
}

/// Encoding/decoding error.
#[derive(fmt::Debug)]
pub struct EncodingError {
    /// Specific type of error
    pub kind: EncodingErrorKind,
    /// Message for the error
    pub message: String,
}

impl EncodingError {
    /// Create EncodingError
    pub fn new(kind: EncodingErrorKind, message: &str) -> Self {
        Self {
            kind,
            message: message.to_string(),
        }
    }
}

impl fmt::Display for EncodingError {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        let prefix = match self.kind {
            EncodingErrorKind::OutOfBounds => "Compact encoding failed, out of bounds",
            EncodingErrorKind::Overflow => "Compact encoding failed, overflow",
            EncodingErrorKind::InvalidData => "Compact encoding failed, invalid data",
        };
        write!(f, "{}: {}", prefix, self.message)
    }
}

impl From<EncodingError> for std::io::Error {
    fn from(e: EncodingError) -> Self {
        match e.kind {
            EncodingErrorKind::InvalidData => {
                std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, format!("{}", e))
            }
            _ => std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, format!("{}", e)),
        }
    }
}

/// State.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct State {
    /// Start position
    start: usize,
    /// End position
    end: usize,
}

impl Default for State {
    /// Create empty state
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self::new()
    }
}

impl State {
    /// Create empty state
    pub fn new() -> State {
        State::new_with_start_and_end(0, 0)
    }

    /// Create a state and buffer with an already known size.
    /// With this, you can/must skip the preencode step.
    pub fn new_with_size(size: usize) -> (State, Box<[u8]>) {
        (
            State::new_with_start_and_end(0, size),
            vec![0; size].into_boxed_slice(),
        )
    }

    /// Create a state with a start and end already known.
    pub fn new_with_start_and_end(start: usize, end: usize) -> State {
        State { start, end }
    }

    /// Create a state from existing buffer.
    pub fn from_buffer(buffer: &[u8]) -> State {
        State::new_with_start_and_end(0, buffer.len())
    }

    /// Start value
    pub fn start(&self) -> usize {
        self.start
    }

    /// Set start value
    pub fn set_start(&mut self, value: usize) -> Result<(), EncodingError> {
        if value > self.end {
            return Err(EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::OutOfBounds,
                &format!("Value exceeded state.end: {} > {}", value, self.end),
            ));
        }
        self.start = value;
        Ok(())
    }

    /// End value
    pub fn end(&self) -> usize {
        self.end
    }

    /// Set end value
    pub fn set_end(&mut self, value: usize) {
        self.end = value;
    }

    /// Add to start handling overflow and out of bounds.
    pub fn add_start(&mut self, increment: usize) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.start = self.start.checked_add(increment).ok_or_else(|| {
            EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::Overflow,
                &format!(
                    "State.start overflowed: {} + {} > {}",
                    self.start,
                    increment,
                    usize::MAX
                ),
            )
        })?;
        if self.start > self.end {
            Err(EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::OutOfBounds,
                &format!(
                    "State.start exceeded state.end: {} > {}",
                    self.start, self.end
                ),
            ))
        } else {
            Ok(self.start)
        }
    }

    /// Add to end handling overflow
    pub fn add_end(&mut self, increment: usize) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.end = self.end.checked_add(increment).ok_or_else(|| {
            EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::Overflow,
                &format!(
                    "State.end overflowed: {} + {} > {}",
                    self.end,
                    increment,
                    usize::MAX
                ),
            )
        })?;
        Ok(self.end)
    }

    /// After calling preencode(), this allocates the right size buffer to the heap.
    /// Follow this with the same number of encode() steps to fill the created buffer.
    pub fn create_buffer(&self) -> Box<[u8]> {
        vec![0; self.end].into_boxed_slice()
    }

    /// Safely set single byte to buffer at state.start and then increment state.start, returning
    /// new state.start.
    pub fn set_byte_to_buffer(
        &mut self,
        value: u8,
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        if buffer.len() <= self.start {
            Err(EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::OutOfBounds,
                &format!(
                    "Length of buffer {} too small to fit single byte",
                    buffer.len()
                ),
            ))
        } else {
            buffer[self.start] = value;
            self.add_start(1)
        }
    }

    /// Safely set byte slice to buffer at state.start and then increment state.start with slice
    /// length, returning new state.start.
    pub fn set_slice_to_buffer(
        &mut self,
        value: &[u8],
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.set_slice_to_buffer_fixed(value, buffer, value.len())
    }

    /// Safely set byte slice of fixed len to buffer at state.start and then increment state.start with slice
    /// length, returning new state.start.
    pub fn set_slice_to_buffer_fixed(
        &mut self,
        value: &[u8],
        buffer: &mut [u8],
        size: usize,
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        if value.len() < size {
            return Err(EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::OutOfBounds,
                &format!(
                    "Length of value {} too small to fit fixed size {}",
                    value.len(),
                    size
                ),
            ));
        }
        let value_end = size.checked_add(self.start).ok_or_else(|| {
            EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::Overflow,
                &format!(
                    "Value end overflowed: {} + {} > {}",
                    size,
                    self.start,
                    usize::MAX
                ),
            )
        })?;
        if buffer.len() < value_end {
            Err(EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::OutOfBounds,
                &format!(
                    "Length of buffer {} too small to fit slice of length {}",
                    buffer.len(),
                    size
                ),
            ))
        } else {
            buffer[self.start..value_end].copy_from_slice(value);
            self.add_start(size)
        }
    }

    /// Validate `size` can be decoded from `buffer`, return current start.
    pub fn validate(&mut self, size: usize, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<Range<usize>, EncodingError> {
        let value_end = size.checked_add(self.start).ok_or_else(|| {
            EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::Overflow,
                &format!(
                    "Value end overflowed during validate: {} + {} > {}",
                    size,
                    self.start,
                    usize::MAX
                ),
            )
        })?;

        if buffer.len() < value_end {
            Err(EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::Overflow,
                &format!("Buffer length {} too small for size {}", buffer.len(), size,),
            ))
        } else {
            Ok(self.start..value_end)
        }
    }

    /// Preencode a string slice
    pub fn preencode_str(&mut self, value: &str) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.preencode_usize_var(&value.len())?;
        self.add_end(value.len())
    }

    /// Encode a string slice
    pub fn encode_str(&mut self, value: &str, buffer: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        let len = value.len();
        self.encode_usize_var(&len, buffer)?;
        self.set_slice_to_buffer(value.as_bytes(), buffer)
    }

    /// Decode a String
    pub fn decode_string(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<String, EncodingError> {
        let len = self.decode_usize_var(buffer)?;
        let range = self.validate(len, buffer)?;
        let value = std::str::from_utf8(&buffer[range]).map_err(|err| {
            EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::InvalidData,
                &format!("String is invalid UTF-8, {}", err),
            )
        })?;
        self.add_start(len)?;
        Ok(value.to_string())
    }

    /// Preencode a variable length usigned int
    pub fn preencode_uint_var<T: From<u32> + Ord>(
        &mut self,
        uint: &T,
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        let increment: usize = if *uint < T::from(U16_SIGNIFIER.into()) {
            1
        } else if *uint <= T::from(0xffff) {
            3
        } else if *uint <= T::from(0xffffffff) {
            5
        } else {
            9
        };
        self.add_end(increment)
    }

    /// Decode a fixed length u8
    pub fn decode_u8(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<u8, EncodingError> {
        self.validate(1, buffer)?;
        let value: u8 = buffer[self.start];
        self.add_start(1)?;
        Ok(value)
    }

    /// Decode a fixed length u16
    pub fn decode_u16(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<u16, EncodingError> {
        self.validate(2, buffer)?;
        let value: u16 = (buffer[self.start] as u16) | ((buffer[self.start + 1] as u16) << 8);
        self.add_start(2)?;
        Ok(value)
    }

    /// Encode a variable length u32
    pub fn encode_u32_var(
        &mut self,
        value: &u32,
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        if *value < U16_SIGNIFIER.into() {
            let bytes = value.to_le_bytes();
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(bytes[0], buffer)
        } else if *value <= 0xffff {
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(U16_SIGNIFIER, buffer)?;
            self.encode_uint16_bytes(&value.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
        } else {
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(U32_SIGNIFIER, buffer)?;
            self.encode_uint32_bytes(&value.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
        }
    }

    /// Encode u32 to 4 LE bytes.
    pub fn encode_u32(&mut self, uint: u32, buffer: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.encode_uint32_bytes(&uint.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
    }

    /// Decode a variable length u32
    #[allow(clippy::comparison_chain)]
    pub fn decode_u32_var(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<u32, EncodingError> {
        self.validate(1, buffer)?;
        let first = buffer[self.start];
        self.add_start(1)?;
        if first < U16_SIGNIFIER {
            Ok(first.into())
        } else if first == U16_SIGNIFIER {
            Ok(self.decode_u16(buffer)?.into())
        } else {
            self.decode_u32(buffer)
        }
    }

    /// Decode a fixed length u32
    pub fn decode_u32(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<u32, EncodingError> {
        self.validate(4, buffer)?;
        let value: u32 = (buffer[self.start] as u32)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 1] as u32) << 8)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 2] as u32) << 16)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 3] as u32) << 24);
        self.add_start(4)?;
        Ok(value)
    }

    /// Encode a variable length u64
    pub fn encode_u64_var(
        &mut self,
        value: &u64,
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        if *value < U16_SIGNIFIER.into() {
            let bytes = value.to_le_bytes();
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(bytes[0], buffer)
        } else if *value <= 0xffff {
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(U16_SIGNIFIER, buffer)?;
            self.encode_uint16_bytes(&value.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
        } else if *value <= 0xffffffff {
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(U32_SIGNIFIER, buffer)?;
            self.encode_uint32_bytes(&value.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
        } else {
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(U64_SIGNIFIER, buffer)?;
            self.encode_uint64_bytes(&value.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
        }
    }

    /// Encode u64 to 8 LE bytes.
    pub fn encode_u64(&mut self, uint: u64, buffer: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.encode_uint64_bytes(&uint.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
    }

    /// Decode a variable length u64
    pub fn decode_u64_var(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<u64, EncodingError> {
        self.validate(1, buffer)?;
        let first = buffer[self.start];
        self.add_start(1)?;
        if first < U16_SIGNIFIER {
            Ok(first.into())
        } else if first == U16_SIGNIFIER {
            Ok(self.decode_u16(buffer)?.into())
        } else if first == U32_SIGNIFIER {
            Ok(self.decode_u32(buffer)?.into())
        } else {
            self.decode_u64(buffer)
        }
    }

    /// Decode a fixed length u64
    pub fn decode_u64(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<u64, EncodingError> {
        self.validate(8, buffer)?;
        let value: u64 = (buffer[self.start] as u64)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 1] as u64) << 8)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 2] as u64) << 16)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 3] as u64) << 24)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 4] as u64) << 32)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 5] as u64) << 40)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 6] as u64) << 48)
            | ((buffer[self.start + 7] as u64) << 56);
        self.add_start(8)?;
        Ok(value)
    }

    /// Preencode a byte buffer
    pub fn preencode_buffer(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        let len = value.len();
        self.preencode_usize_var(&len)?;
        self.add_end(len)
    }

    /// Preencode a vector byte buffer
    pub fn preencode_buffer_vec(&mut self, value: &Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        let len = value.len();
        self.preencode_usize_var(&len)?;
        self.add_end(len)
    }

    /// Encode a byte buffer
    pub fn encode_buffer(
        &mut self,
        value: &[u8],
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        let len = value.len();
        self.encode_usize_var(&len, buffer)?;
        self.set_slice_to_buffer(value, buffer)
    }

    /// Decode a byte buffer
    pub fn decode_buffer(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<Box<[u8]>, EncodingError> {
        Ok(self.decode_buffer_vec(buffer)?.into_boxed_slice())
    }

    /// Decode a vector byte buffer
    pub fn decode_buffer_vec(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, EncodingError> {
        let len = self.decode_usize_var(buffer)?;
        let range = self.validate(len, buffer)?;
        let value = buffer[range].to_vec();
        self.add_start(value.len())?;
        Ok(value)
    }

    /// Preencode a raw byte buffer. Only possible to use if this is the last value
    /// of the State.
    pub fn preencode_raw_buffer(&mut self, value: &Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.add_end(value.len())
    }

    /// Encode a raw byte buffer. Only possible to use if this is the last value
    /// of the State.
    pub fn encode_raw_buffer(
        &mut self,
        value: &[u8],
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.set_slice_to_buffer(value, buffer)
    }

    /// Decode a raw byte buffer. Only possible to use if this is the last value
    /// of the State.
    pub fn decode_raw_buffer(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, EncodingError> {
        if self.start >= self.end {
            return Err(EncodingError::new(
                EncodingErrorKind::OutOfBounds,
                &format!("State.start {} >= state.end {}", self.start, self.end),
            ));
        }
        let range = self.validate(self.end - self.start, buffer)?;
        let value = buffer[range].to_vec();
        self.start = self.end;
        Ok(value)
    }

    /// Preencode a fixed 32 byte buffer
    pub fn preencode_fixed_32(&mut self) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.add_end(32)
    }

    /// Encode a fixed 32 byte buffer
    pub fn encode_fixed_32(
        &mut self,
        value: &[u8],
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.set_slice_to_buffer_fixed(value, buffer, 32)
    }

    /// Decode a fixed 32 byte buffer
    pub fn decode_fixed_32(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<Box<[u8]>, EncodingError> {
        let range = self.validate(32, buffer)?;
        let value = buffer[range].to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
        self.add_start(32)?;
        Ok(value)
    }

    /// Preencode a string array
    pub fn preencode_string_array(&mut self, value: &Vec<String>) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        let len = value.len();
        self.preencode_usize_var(&len)?;
        for string_value in value.iter() {
            self.preencode_str(string_value)?;
        }
        Ok(self.end)
    }

    /// Encode a String array
    pub fn encode_string_array(
        &mut self,
        value: &Vec<String>,
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        let len = value.len();
        self.encode_usize_var(&len, buffer)?;
        for string_value in value {
            self.encode_str(string_value, buffer)?;
        }
        Ok(self.end)
    }

    /// Decode a String array
    pub fn decode_string_array(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<String>, EncodingError> {
        let len = self.decode_usize_var(buffer)?;
        let mut value = Vec::with_capacity(len);
        for _ in 0..len {
            value.push(self.decode_string(buffer)?);
        }
        Ok(value)
    }

    /// Preencode a variable length usize
    pub fn preencode_usize_var(&mut self, value: &usize) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        // This repeats the logic from above that works for u8 -> u64, but sadly not usize
        let increment: usize = if *value < U16_SIGNIFIER.into() {
            1
        } else if *value <= 0xffff {
            3
        } else if *value <= 0xffffffff {
            5
        } else {
            9
        };
        self.add_end(increment)
    }

    /// Encode a variable length usize
    pub fn encode_usize_var(
        &mut self,
        value: &usize,
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        if *value < U16_SIGNIFIER.into() {
            let bytes = value.to_le_bytes();
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(bytes[0], buffer)
        } else if *value <= 0xffff {
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(U16_SIGNIFIER, buffer)?;
            self.encode_uint16_bytes(&value.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
        } else if *value <= 0xffffffff {
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(U32_SIGNIFIER, buffer)?;
            self.encode_uint32_bytes(&value.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
        } else {
            self.set_byte_to_buffer(U64_SIGNIFIER, buffer)?;
            self.encode_uint64_bytes(&value.to_le_bytes(), buffer)
        }
    }

    /// Decode a variable length usize.
    pub fn decode_usize_var(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.validate(1, buffer)?;
        let first = buffer[self.start];
        self.add_start(1)?;
        // NB: the from_le_bytes needs a [u8; 2] and that can't be efficiently
        // created from a byte slice.
        if first < U16_SIGNIFIER {
            Ok(first.into())
        } else if first == U16_SIGNIFIER {
            Ok(self.decode_u16(buffer)?.into())
        } else if first == U32_SIGNIFIER {
            usize::try_from(self.decode_u32(buffer)?).map_err(|_| {
                EncodingError::new(
                    EncodingErrorKind::Overflow,
                    "Attempted converting to a 32 bit usize on below 32 bit system",
                )
            })
        } else {
            usize::try_from(self.decode_u64(buffer)?).map_err(|_| {
                EncodingError::new(
                    EncodingErrorKind::Overflow,
                    "Attempted converting to a 64 bit usize on below 64 bit system",
                )
            })
        }
    }

    /// Encode a 2 byte unsigned integer. NB: assumes `bytes` buffer large enough, hence not public!
    fn encode_uint16_bytes(
        &mut self,
        bytes: &[u8],
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.set_slice_to_buffer(&bytes[..2], buffer)
    }

    /// Encode a 4 byte unsigned integer. NB: assumes `bytes` buffer large enough, hence not public!
    fn encode_uint32_bytes(
        &mut self,
        bytes: &[u8],
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.encode_uint16_bytes(bytes, buffer)?;
        self.set_slice_to_buffer(&bytes[2..4], buffer)
    }

    /// Encode an 8 byte unsigned integer. NB: assumes `bytes` buffer large enough, hence not public!
    fn encode_uint64_bytes(
        &mut self,
        bytes: &[u8],
        buffer: &mut [u8],
    ) -> Result<usize, EncodingError> {
        self.encode_uint32_bytes(bytes, buffer)?;
        self.set_slice_to_buffer(&bytes[4..8], buffer)
    }
}

/// Compact Encoding
pub trait CompactEncoding<T>
where
    T: fmt::Debug,
{
    /// Preencode
    fn preencode(&mut self, value: &T) -> Result<usize, EncodingError>;

    /// Encode
    fn encode(&mut self, value: &T, buffer: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, EncodingError>;

    /// Decode
    fn decode(&mut self, buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<T, EncodingError>;
}