From 0c712b9c0f69bad0da3910add5adba40622d3cea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gherghisan <alexghr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:09:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: serialize public kernel private inputs (#5971)

Serialize `PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs` to and from strings
---
 ...blic_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.test.ts |  6 ++++
 .../public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.ts   | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/kernel/public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.test.ts b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/kernel/public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.test.ts
index 0240c1b081c..9f783f1a305 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/kernel/public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/kernel/public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.test.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,10 @@ describe('PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs', () => {
     expect(original).toEqual(serialized);
     expect(original).not.toBe(serialized);
   });
+
+  it('serializes to and deserializes from a string', () => {
+    const original = makePublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs(123);
+    const serialized = PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs.fromString(original.toString());
+    expect(original).toEqual(serialized);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/kernel/public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.ts b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/kernel/public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.ts
index 63f377cd63c..190593832db 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/kernel/public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/kernel/public_kernel_circuit_private_inputs.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,27 @@ export class PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs {
     public readonly publicCall: PublicCallData,
   ) {}
 
+  /**
+   * Serializes the object to a buffer.
+   * @returns - Buffer representation of the object.
+   */
   toBuffer() {
     return serializeToBuffer(this.previousKernel, this.publicCall);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Serializes the object to a hex string.
+   * @returns - Hex string representation of the object.
+   */
+  toString() {
+    return this.toBuffer().toString('hex');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Deserializes the object from a buffer.
+   * @param buffer - Buffer to deserialize.
+   * @returns - Deserialized object.
+   */
   static fromBuffer(buffer: BufferReader | Buffer) {
     const reader = BufferReader.asReader(buffer);
     const previousKernel = reader.readObject(PublicKernelData);
@@ -29,6 +46,19 @@ export class PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs {
     return new PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs(previousKernel, publicCall);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Deserializes the object from a hex string.
+   * @param str - Hex string to deserialize.
+   * @returns - Deserialized object.
+   */
+  static fromString(str: string) {
+    return PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs.fromBuffer(Buffer.from(str, 'hex'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clones the object.
+   * @returns - Cloned object.
+   */
   clone() {
     return PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs.fromBuffer(this.toBuffer());
   }