Adding some utility functions

consul/state_store.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (s *StateStore) Close() error {
 // initialize is used to setup the store for use
 func (s *StateStore) initialize() error {
 	// Setup the Env first
-	if err := s.env.SetMaxDBs(mdb.DBI(16)); err != nil {
+	if err := s.env.SetMaxDBs(mdb.DBI(32)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 

consul/util.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package consul
 
 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf"
 	"net"
@@ -112,3 +113,15 @@ func GetPrivateIP() (*net.IPNet, error) {
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("No private IP address found")
 }
+
+// Converts bytes to an integer
+func bytesToUint64(b []byte) uint64 {
+	return binary.BigEndian.Uint64(b)
+}
+
+// Converts a uint to a byte slice
+func uint64ToBytes(u uint64) []byte {
+	buf := make([]byte, 8)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(buf, u)
+	return buf
+}