/// <summary>Encodes voting request data.</summary>
public byte[] Encode(JoinFederationRequest votingRequestData)
{
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
var serializeStream = new BitcoinStream(memoryStream, true);
var prefix = (byte[])VotingRequestOutputPrefixBytes.Clone();
serializeStream.ReadWrite(ref prefix);
serializeStream.ReadWrite(ref votingRequestData);
return(memoryStream.ToArray());
}
}
/// <summary>Decodes the voting request.</summary>
/// <exception cref="PoAConsensusErrors.VotingDataInvalidFormat">Thrown in case voting data format is invalid.</exception>
public JoinFederationRequest Decode(byte[] votingRequestDataBytes)
{
try
{
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(votingRequestDataBytes))
{
var deserializeStream = new BitcoinStream(memoryStream, false);
byte[] prefix = new byte[VotingRequestOutputPrefixBytes.Length];
deserializeStream.ReadWrite(ref prefix);
// It's not a voting request if the prefix does not match.
if (!prefix._ByteArrayEquals(VotingRequestOutputPrefixBytes))
{
return(null);
}
var decoded = new JoinFederationRequest();
deserializeStream.ReadWrite(ref decoded);
if (deserializeStream.ProcessedBytes != votingRequestDataBytes.Length)
{
this.logger.LogTrace("(-)[INVALID_SIZE]");
PoAConsensusErrors.VotingRequestInvalidFormat.Throw();
}
return(decoded);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
this.logger.LogDebug("Exception during deserialization: '{0}'.", e.ToString());
this.logger.LogTrace("(-)[DESERIALIZING_EXCEPTION]");
PoAConsensusErrors.VotingRequestInvalidFormat.Throw();
return(null);
}
}