1 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/serialize.go b/serialize.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d1e8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serialize.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package securecookie
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"encoding/json"
+)
+
+// Serialize encodes a value using gob.
+func (e GobEncoder) Serialize(src interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buf)
+	if err := enc.Encode(src); err != nil {
+		return nil, cookieError{cause: err, typ: usageError}
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// Deserialize decodes a value using gob.
+func (e GobEncoder) Deserialize(src []byte, dst interface{}) error {
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(src))
+	if err := dec.Decode(dst); err != nil {
+		return cookieError{cause: err, typ: decodeError}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Serialize encodes a value using encoding/json.
+func (e JSONEncoder) Serialize(src interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(buf)
+	if err := enc.Encode(src); err != nil {
+		return nil, cookieError{cause: err, typ: usageError}
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// Deserialize decodes a value using encoding/json.
+func (e JSONEncoder) Deserialize(src []byte, dst interface{}) error {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(src))
+	if err := dec.Decode(dst); err != nil {
+		return cookieError{cause: err, typ: decodeError}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Serialize passes a []byte through as-is.
+func (e NopEncoder) Serialize(src interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	if b, ok := src.([]byte); ok {
+		return b, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, errValueNotByte
+}
+
+// Deserialize passes a []byte through as-is.
+func (e NopEncoder) Deserialize(src []byte, dst interface{}) error {
+	if _, ok := dst.([]byte); ok {
+		dst = src
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return errValueNotByte
+}