// Copyright 2014 by Sascha L. Teichmann
// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license
// that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package common

import (
	"strconv"
)

// Constructs a database key out of byte slice.
func DecodePosFromBytes(key []byte) (pos int64, err error) {
	return strconv.ParseInt(string(key), 10, 64)
}

// Encode a block pos to byte slice.
func EncodePosToBytes(key int64) []byte {
	return []byte(strconv.FormatInt(key, 10))
}