package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "io" "net" ) type Envelope struct { Kind string Body json.RawMessage } type request interface { Kind() string } func writeRequest(w io.Writer, r request) error { b, err := json.Marshal(r) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to marshal request: %v", err) } msg := json.RawMessage(b) e := &Envelope{ Kind: r.Kind(), Body: msg, } raw, err := json.Marshal(e) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to marshal request envelope: %v", err) } if _, err := w.Write(raw); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to write request: %v", err) } return nil } func decodeRequest(conn net.Conn) (request, error) { d := json.NewDecoder(conn) var env Envelope if err := d.Decode(&env); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode client request: %v", err) } switch env.Kind { case "auth": var auth Auth if err := json.Unmarshal(env.Body, &auth); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to unmarshal auth request: %v", err) } return &auth, nil default: return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown request type: %s", env.Kind) } }