https://samarthya.me/tags/encoding/Recent content in Encoding on SamarthyaHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Samarthya 2018-2026. All rights reserved.Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://samarthya.me/posts/golang-encoding/Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://samarthya.me/posts/golang-encoding/<p>Package encoding provide capabilities to convert data to and from byte-level and textual representations.</p> <ul> <li>encoding/gob</li> <li>encoding/json, and</li> <li>encoding/xml</li> </ul> <div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"> The <em>gob</em> is Go’s format for <em>serializing</em> and <em>deserializing</em>. The gob was tailored for communicating between two servers written in Go. </div> <ul> <li>Only exported fields are encoded; zero values are not taken into account</li> </ul> <div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"> Package gob manages streams of gobs – binary values exchanged between an Encoder (transmitter) and a Decoder (receiver). </div> <h2 class="relative group">Format GoB <div id="format-gob" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#format-gob" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Let’s create a simple Type <code>Blog</code> and we will encode and decode it using the gob format.</p>