Let Cid implement Binary[Un]Marshaler and Text[Un]Marshaler interfaces.

cid.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package cid
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -167,6 +168,11 @@ func NewCidV1(codecType uint64, mhash mh.Multihash) Cid {
 	return Cid{string(buf[:n+hashlen])}
 }
 
+var _ encoding.BinaryMarshaler = Cid{}
+var _ encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler = (*Cid)(nil)
+var _ encoding.TextMarshaler = Cid{}
+var _ encoding.TextUnmarshaler = (*Cid)(nil)
+
 // Cid represents a self-describing content addressed
 // identifier. It is formed by a Version, a Codec (which indicates
 // a multicodec-packed content type) and a Multihash.
@@ -314,6 +320,28 @@ func Cast(data []byte) (Cid, error) {
 	return Cid{string(data[0 : n+cn+len(h)])}, nil
 }
 
+// UnmarshalBinary is equivalent to Cast(). It implements the
+// encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler interface.
+func (c *Cid) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error {
+	casted, err := Cast(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	c.str = casted.str
+	return nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalText is equivalent to Decode(). It implements the
+// encoding.TextUnmarshaler interface.
+func (c *Cid) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
+	decodedCid, err := Decode(string(text))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	c.str = decodedCid.str
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Version returns the Cid version.
 func (c Cid) Version() uint64 {
 	if len(c.str) == 34 && c.str[0] == 18 && c.str[1] == 32 {
@@ -404,6 +432,18 @@ func (c Cid) Bytes() []byte {
 	return []byte(c.str)
 }
 
+// MarshalBinary is equivalent to Bytes(). It implements the
+// encoding.BinaryMarshaler interface.
+func (c Cid) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) {
+	return c.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// MarshalText is equivalent to String(). It implements the
+// encoding.TextMarshaler interface.
+func (c Cid) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(c.String()), nil
+}
+
 // Equals checks that two Cids are the same.
 // In order for two Cids to be considered equal, the
 // Version, the Codec and the Multihash must match.

cid_test.go

@@ -158,6 +158,44 @@ func TestBasesMarshaling(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBinaryMarshaling(t *testing.T) {
+	data := []byte("this is some test content")
+	hash, _ := mh.Sum(data, mh.SHA2_256, -1)
+	c := NewCidV1(DagCBOR, hash)
+	var c2 Cid
+
+	data, err := c.MarshalBinary()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = c2.UnmarshalBinary(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !c.Equals(c2) {
+		t.Errorf("cids should be the same: %s %s", c, c2)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTextMarshaling(t *testing.T) {
+	data := []byte("this is some test content")
+	hash, _ := mh.Sum(data, mh.SHA2_256, -1)
+	c := NewCidV1(DagCBOR, hash)
+	var c2 Cid
+
+	data, err := c.MarshalText()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = c2.UnmarshalText(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !c.Equals(c2) {
+		t.Errorf("cids should be the same: %s %s", c, c2)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := Decode("")
 	if err == nil {