I2P string format

lib/common/string.go

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+package common
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+type String []byte
+
+func ReadString(data []byte) (str String, remainder []byte, err error) {
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		err = errors.New("no string in empty byte slice")
+		return
+	}
+	length := Integer([]byte{data[0]})
+	data = data[1:]
+
+	if len(data) < length {
+		err = errors.New("string longer than provided slice")
+		return
+	}
+	str = data[:length]
+	remainder = data[length:]
+	return
+}