Function hdlc::encode

pub fn encode(
    data: &Vec<u8>, 
    s_chars: SpecialChars
) -> Result<Vec<u8>, HDLCError>

Produces escaped (encoded) message surrounded with FEND

Inputs

• Vec: A vector of the bytes you want to encode
• SpecialChars: The special characters you want to swap

Output

• Result<Vec>: Encoded output message

Error

• HDLCError::DuplicateSpecialChar: Checks special characters for duplicates, if any of the SpecialChars are duplicate, throw an error. Displays "Duplicate special character".

Todo

Catch more errors, like an incomplete packet

Example

extern crate hdlc;
let chars = hdlc::SpecialChars::default();
let input: Vec<u8> = vec![0x01, 0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x05, 0x80, 0x09];
let op_vec = hdlc::encode(&input.to_vec(), chars);