package mdb

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"

	"git.crumpington.com/private/mdb/kvstore"
)

func decode[T any](data []byte) *T {
	item := new(T)
	must(json.Unmarshal(data, item))
	return item
}

func encode(item any) []byte {
	w := bytes.NewBuffer(kvstore.GetDataBuf(0)[:0])
	must(json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(item))
	return w.Bytes()
}