use regex::Regex;
use std::io::BufRead;

pub fn serialize(string_to_serialize: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
    [string_to_serialize, "\0"].join("").as_bytes().to_vec()
}

pub fn deserialize(bytes_to_deserialize: &[u8]) -> String {
    Regex::new("\0$")
        .expect("Unable to parse regex \\0$.")
        .replace(
            &String::from_utf8(bytes_to_deserialize.to_vec())
                .expect("Get a utf-8 encoded ftp client."),
            "",
        )
        .to_string()
}

pub fn get_u8_array_c_string_from_u8_array(mut u8_array: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
    let mut return_array: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
    u8_array.read_until(0, &mut return_array).expect("Could not read string from u8_array");
    return_array
}