FFI: Add buffer struct

multiplier/src/ffi.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,32 @@
-// Rust FFI
+use crate::public::Multiplier;
+use std::slice;
+
+/// Buffer struct is taken from
+/// https://github.com/celo-org/celo-threshold-bls-rs/blob/master/crates/threshold-bls-ffi/src/ffi.rs
+///
+/// Also heavily inspired by https://github.com/kilic/rln/blob/master/src/ffi.rs
+
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Buffer {
+    pub ptr: *const u8,
+    pub len: usize,
+}
+
+impl From<&[u8]> for Buffer {
+    fn from(src: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            ptr: &src[0] as *const u8,
+            len: src.len(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<&Buffer> for &'a [u8] {
+    fn from(src: &Buffer) -> &'a [u8] {
+        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(src.ptr, src.len) }
+    }
+}
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn foobar() -> bool {