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+// Package pktline implements reading payloads form pkt-lines and encoding pkt-lines from payloads.
+package pktline
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// An Encoder writes pkt-lines to an output stream.
+type Encoder struct {
+	w io.Writer
+}
+
+const (
+	// MaxPayloadSize is the maximum payload size of a pkt-line in bytes.
+	MaxPayloadSize = 65516
+)
+
+var (
+	// FlushPkt are the contents of a flush-pkt pkt-line.
+	FlushPkt = []byte{'0', '0', '0', '0'}
+	// Flush is the payload to use with the Encode method to encode a flush-pkt.
+	Flush = []byte{}
+	// FlushString is the payload to use with the EncodeString method to encode a flush-pkt.
+	FlushString = ""
+	// ErrPayloadTooLong is returned by the Encode methods when any of the
+	// provided payloads is bigger than MaxPayloadSize.
+	ErrPayloadTooLong = errors.New("payload is too long")
+)
+
+// NewEncoder returns a new encoder that writes to w.
+func NewEncoder(w io.Writer) *Encoder {
+	return &Encoder{
+		w: w,
+	}
+}
+
+// Flush encodes a flush-pkt to the output stream.
+func (e *Encoder) Flush() error {
+	_, err := e.w.Write(FlushPkt)
+	return err
+}
+
+// Encode encodes a pkt-line with the payload specified and write it to
+// the output stream.  If several payloads are specified, each of them
+// will get streamed in their own pkt-lines.
+func (e *Encoder) Encode(payloads ...[]byte) error {
+	for _, p := range payloads {
+		if err := e.encodeLine(p); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) encodeLine(p []byte) error {
+	if len(p) > MaxPayloadSize {
+		return ErrPayloadTooLong
+	}
+
+	if bytes.Equal(p, Flush) {
+		if err := e.Flush(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	n := len(p) + 4
+	if _, err := e.w.Write(asciiHex16(n)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := e.w.Write(p); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Returns the hexadecimal ascii representation of the 16 less
+// significant bits of n.  The length of the returned slice will always
+// be 4.  Example: if n is 1234 (0x4d2), the return value will be
+// []byte{'0', '4', 'd', '2'}.
+func asciiHex16(n int) []byte {
+	var ret [4]byte
+	ret[0] = byteToASCIIHex(byte(n & 0xf000 >> 12))
+	ret[1] = byteToASCIIHex(byte(n & 0x0f00 >> 8))
+	ret[2] = byteToASCIIHex(byte(n & 0x00f0 >> 4))
+	ret[3] = byteToASCIIHex(byte(n & 0x000f))
+
+	return ret[:]
+}
+
+// turns a byte into its hexadecimal ascii representation.  Example:
+// from 11 (0xb) to 'b'.
+func byteToASCIIHex(n byte) byte {
+	if n < 10 {
+		return '0' + n
+	}
+
+	return 'a' - 10 + n
+}
+
+// EncodeString works similarly as Encode but payloads are specified as strings.
+func (e *Encoder) EncodeString(payloads ...string) error {
+	for _, p := range payloads {
+		if err := e.Encode([]byte(p)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Encodef encodes a single pkt-line with the payload formatted as
+// the format specifier and the rest of the arguments suggest.
+func (e *Encoder) Encodef(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
+	return e.EncodeString(
+		fmt.Sprintf(format, a...),
+	)
+}