Implement Identity encoding

multibase.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 type Encoding int
 
 const (
+	Identity          = 0x00
 	Base1             = '1'
 	Base2             = '0'
 	Base8             = '7'
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ var ErrUnsupportedEncoding = fmt.Errorf("selected encoding not supported")
 
 func Encode(base Encoding, data []byte) (string, error) {
 	switch base {
+	case Identity:
+		// 0x00 inside a string is OK in golang and causes no problems with the length calculation.
+		return string(Identity) + string(data), nil
 	case Base16, Base16Upper:
 		return string(Base16) + hex.EncodeToString(data), nil
 	case Base32, Base32Upper:
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ func Decode(data string) (Encoding, []byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	switch data[0] {
+	case Identity:
+		return Identity, []byte(data[1:]), nil
 	case Base16, Base16Upper:
 		bytes, err := hex.DecodeString(data[1:])
 		return Base16, bytes, err

multibase_test.go

@@ -6,11 +6,57 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+var sampleBytes = []byte("Decentralize everything!!")
+var encodedSamples = map[Encoding]string{
+	Identity:     string(0x00) + "Decentralize everything!!",
+	Base16:       "f446563656e7472616c697a652065766572797468696e672121",
+	Base58BTC:    "zUXE7GvtEk8XTXs1GF8HSGbVA9FCX9SEBPe",
+	Base64pad:    "MRGVjZW50cmFsaXplIGV2ZXJ5dGhpbmchIQ==",
+	Base64urlPad: "URGVjZW50cmFsaXplIGV2ZXJ5dGhpbmchIQ==",
+}
+
+func testEncode(t *testing.T, encoding Encoding, bytes []byte, expected string) {
+	actual, err := Encode(encoding, bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	if actual != expected {
+		t.Errorf("encoding failed for %c (%d), expected: %s, got: %s", encoding, encoding, expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
+func testDecode(t *testing.T, expectedEncoding Encoding, expectedBytes []byte, data string) {
+	actualEncoding, actualBytes, err := Decode(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	if actualEncoding != expectedEncoding {
+		t.Errorf("wrong encoding code, expected: %c (%d), got %c (%d)", expectedEncoding, expectedEncoding, actualEncoding, actualEncoding)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(actualBytes, expectedBytes) {
+		t.Errorf("decoding failed for %c (%d), expected: %v, got %v", actualEncoding, actualEncoding, expectedBytes, actualBytes)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncode(t *testing.T) {
+	for encoding, data := range encodedSamples {
+		testEncode(t, encoding, sampleBytes, data)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecode(t *testing.T) {
+	for encoding, data := range encodedSamples {
+		testDecode(t, encoding, sampleBytes, data)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
-	buf := make([]byte, 16)
+	buf := make([]byte, 17)
 	rand.Read(buf)
 
-	baseList := []Encoding{Base16, Base32, Base32hex, Base32pad, Base32hexPad, Base58BTC, Base58Flickr, Base64pad, Base64urlPad}
+	baseList := []Encoding{Identity, Base16, Base32, Base32hex, Base32pad, Base32hexPad, Base58BTC, Base58Flickr, Base64pad, Base64urlPad}
 
 	for _, base := range baseList {
 		enc, err := Encode(base, buf)