serializers.h

//
// Created by Tom Danvers on 04/02/2023.
//
 
#ifndef MRAS_SERIALIZERS_H
#define MRAS_SERIALIZERS_H
 
#include <stddef.h>
#include "stdint.h"
 
template<typename input_type>
void toByteArray(uint8_t* outputByteArray, input_type inputData) {
    // create a pointer to the first byte of the struct in memory
    auto* startPtr = (uint8_t*)(&inputData);
 
    // increment the memory address for each byte in the struct and shove it into a byte array
    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(inputData); i++) {
        outputByteArray[i] = *(startPtr + i);
    }
};
 
template<typename output_type>
output_type fromByteArray(const uint8_t* byteArray) {
    return *((output_type*) byteArray);
};
 
#endif //MRAS_SERIALIZERS_H