From 437c153500bef636a58c316ba019d436c973ea4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chip Senkbeil <chip@senkbeil.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2023 17:28:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add header serialization/deserialization methods

---
 distant-net/src/common/packet/header.rs | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/distant-net/src/common/packet/header.rs b/distant-net/src/common/packet/header.rs
index b6cb715..93425f4 100644
--- a/distant-net/src/common/packet/header.rs
+++ b/distant-net/src/common/packet/header.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-use crate::common::Value;
+use crate::common::{utils, Value};
 use derive_more::IntoIterator;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::io;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
 /// Generates a new [`Header`] of key/value pairs based on literals.
@@ -52,6 +53,16 @@ impl Header {
     pub fn insert(&mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<Value>) -> Option<Value> {
         self.0.insert(key.into(), value.into())
     }
+
+    /// Serializes the header into bytes.
+    pub fn to_vec(&self) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        utils::serialize_to_vec(self)
+    }
+
+    /// Deserializes the header from bytes.
+    pub fn from_slice(slice: &[u8]) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        utils::deserialize_from_slice(slice)
+    }
 }
 
 impl Deref for Header {