/// <summary>
/// Serializes a <see cref="Transaction"/> into a byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="transaction">The transaction to serialize.</param>
/// <returns>The serialized transaction.</returns>
public static byte[] SerializeTransaction(Transaction transaction)
{
Messages.Transaction transactionBuilder = new Messages.Transaction()
{
Mutation = transaction.Mutation.ToProtocolBuffers(),
Timestamp = (long)(transaction.Timestamp - epoch).TotalSeconds,
TransactionMetadata = transaction.TransactionMetadata.ToProtocolBuffers()
};
return transactionBuilder.ToByteArray();
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialize a <see cref="Transaction"/> from binary data.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The binary data to deserialize.</param>
/// <returns>The deserialized <see cref="Transaction"/>.</returns>
public static Transaction DeserializeTransaction(ByteString data)
{
Messages.Transaction transaction = new Messages.Transaction();
transaction.MergeFrom(data.ToProtocolBuffers());
return new Transaction(
new ByteString(transaction.Mutation.ToByteArray()),
epoch + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(transaction.Timestamp),
new ByteString(transaction.TransactionMetadata.ToByteArray()));
}
