import { types, Serializer } from 'gxbjs/dist/index';

/**
 * @module serialize
 */

/**
 * @static serialize
 * @function
 * @param data {*} - a buffer
 * @param type {Object} - you can import types from as: `import {Types} from 'gxclient'`
 * @returns {Object} a buffer
 * @example
 * import { serialize, Types } from 'gxclient'
 * serialize('hello', Types.string).toString('hex') // => 0568656c6c6f
 */
export default function serialize(data, type = types.string){
  if(type instanceof Serializer){
    return type.toBuffer(data);
  }else {
    const ser = new Serializer('temp', {
      temp: type
    });
    return ser.toBuffer({
      temp: data
    });
  }
}