Split + Join

interface.go

@@ -39,10 +39,4 @@ type Multiaddr interface {
 	//      /ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/80 decapsulate /ip4/1.2.3.4 = /tcp/80
 	//
 	Decapsulate(Multiaddr) Multiaddr
-
-	// Split returns the sub-address portions of this multiaddr.
-	//
-	//   m, _ := NewMultiaddr("/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/1234")
-	//   m.Split() -> [/ip4/1.2.3.4, /tcp/1234]
-	Split() []Multiaddr
 }

multiaddr.go

@@ -108,37 +108,3 @@ func (m *multiaddr) Decapsulate(o Multiaddr) Multiaddr {
 	}
 	return ma
 }
-
-// Split returns the sub-address portions of this multiaddr.
-func (m *multiaddr) Split() []Multiaddr {
-	split, err := bytesSplit(m.bytes)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("invalid multiaddr %s", m.String()))
-	}
-
-	addrs := make([]Multiaddr, len(split))
-	for i, addr := range split {
-		c := make([]byte, len(addr))
-		copy(c, addr)
-		addrs[i] = &multiaddr{bytes: c}
-	}
-	return addrs
-}
-
-// Cast re-casts a byte slice as a multiaddr. will panic if it fails to parse.
-func Cast(b []byte) Multiaddr {
-	_, err := bytesToString(b)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("multiaddr failed to parse: %s", err))
-	}
-	return &multiaddr{bytes: b}
-}
-
-// StringCast like Cast, but parses a string. Will also panic if it fails to parse.
-func StringCast(s string) Multiaddr {
-	m, err := NewMultiaddr(s)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("multiaddr failed to parse: %s", err))
-	}
-	return m
-}

multiaddr_test.go

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestBytesToString(t *testing.T) {
 	testString("/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234", "047f0000011104d2")
 }
 
-func TestBytesSplit(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBytesSplitAndJoin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testString := func(s string, res []string) {
 		m, err := NewMultiaddr(s)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func TestBytesSplit(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Error("failed to convert", s)
 		}
 
-		split := m.Split()
+		split := Split(m)
 		if len(split) != len(res) {
 			t.Error("not enough split components", split)
 			return
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ func TestBytesSplit(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		joined := Join(split...)
+		if !m.Equal(joined) {
+			t.Errorf("joined components failed: %s != %s", m, joined)
+		}
+
 		// modifying underlying bytes is fine.
 		m2 := m.(*multiaddr)
 		for i := range m2.bytes {
@@ -122,7 +127,6 @@ func TestBytesSplit(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("split component failed: %s != %s", a, res[i])
 			}
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	testString("/ip4/1.2.3.4/udp/1234", []string{"/ip4/1.2.3.4", "/udp/1234"})

util.go

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package multiaddr
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// Split returns the sub-address portions of a multiaddr.
+func Split(m Multiaddr) []Multiaddr {
+	split, err := bytesSplit(m.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("invalid multiaddr %s", m.String()))
+	}
+
+	addrs := make([]Multiaddr, len(split))
+	for i, addr := range split {
+		addrs[i] = &multiaddr{bytes: addr}
+	}
+	return addrs
+}
+
+// Join returns a combination of addresses.
+func Join(ms ...Multiaddr) Multiaddr {
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	for _, m := range ms {
+		b.Write(m.Bytes())
+	}
+	return &multiaddr{bytes: b.Bytes()}
+}
+
+// Cast re-casts a byte slice as a multiaddr. will panic if it fails to parse.
+func Cast(b []byte) Multiaddr {
+	_, err := bytesToString(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("multiaddr failed to parse: %s", err))
+	}
+	return &multiaddr{bytes: b}
+}
+
+// StringCast like Cast, but parses a string. Will also panic if it fails to parse.
+func StringCast(s string) Multiaddr {
+	m, err := NewMultiaddr(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("multiaddr failed to parse: %s", err))
+	}
+	return m
+}