std::vector<char> serializeDictionary(const T& dic)
{
std::vector<char> buffer;
buffer.reserve(512);
serializeDictionary(buffer, dic);
return buffer;
}
/**
* Serialize a benc object into a bencoded string.
* This is not exposed to the world because it is expected that one would
* know what type they are serializing to begin with.
*
* @param writer a Writer which to write the output to.
* @param obj the object to serialize.
* @return -2 if the type of object cannot be determined, otherwise
* whatever is returned by the Writer.
*/
static int32_t serializeGeneric(const struct Writer* writer,
const Object* obj)
{
switch (obj->type)
{
case Object_STRING:
return serializeString(writer, obj->as.string);
break;
case Object_DICT:
return serializeDictionary(writer, obj->as.dictionary);
break;
case Object_LIST:
return serializeList(writer, obj->as.list);
break;
case Object_INTEGER:
return serializeint64_t(writer, obj->as.number);
break;
default:
return -2;
}
}
