// Mgmt
// Copyright (C) 2013-2017+ James Shubin and the project contributors
// Written by James Shubin <james@shubin.ca> and the project contributors
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package resources

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/base64"
	"encoding/gob"
	"fmt"

	errwrap "github.com/pkg/errors"
)

// ResToB64 encodes a resource to a base64 encoded string (after serialization).
func ResToB64(res Res) (string, error) {
	b := bytes.Buffer{}
	e := gob.NewEncoder(&b)
	err := e.Encode(&res) // pass with &
	if err != nil {
		return "", errwrap.Wrapf(err, "gob failed to encode")
	}
	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b.Bytes()), nil
}

// B64ToRes decodes a resource from a base64 encoded string (after deserialization).
func B64ToRes(str string) (Res, error) {
	var output interface{}
	bb, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(str)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errwrap.Wrapf(err, "base64 failed to decode")
	}
	b := bytes.NewBuffer(bb)
	d := gob.NewDecoder(b)
	err = d.Decode(&output) // pass with &
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errwrap.Wrapf(err, "gob failed to decode")
	}
	res, ok := output.(Res)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Output %v is not a Res", res)

	}
	return res, nil
}