Data.ProtoLens.Encoding

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encodeMessage :: Message msg => msg -> ByteString

Encode a message to the wire format as a strict ByteString.

buildMessage :: Message msg => msg -> Builder

Encode a message value.

See also the functions in Data.ProtoLens.Encoding.

decodeMessage :: Message msg => ByteString -> Either String msg

Decode a message from its wire format. Returns Left if the decoding fails.

parseMessage :: Message msg => Parser msg

Decode a message value.

See also the functions in Data.ProtoLens.Encoding.

decodeMessageOrDie :: Message msg => ByteString -> msg

Decode a message from its wire format. Throws an error if the decoding fails.

Delimited messages

buildMessageDelimited :: Message msg => msg -> Builder

Encode a message to the wire format, prefixed by its size as a VarInt, as part of a Builder.

This can be used to build up streams of messages in the size-delimited format expected by some protocols.

parseMessageDelimited :: Message msg => Parser msg