utils.go

// Copyright 2020 The go-ethereum Authors
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package bls12381

import (
	"encoding/hex"
	"errors"
	"math/big"
)

func has0xPrefix(str string) bool {
	return len(str) >= 2 && str[0] == '0' && (str[1] == 'x' || str[1] == 'X')
}

func Hex2Bytes(str string) []byte {
	h, _ := hex.DecodeString(str)
	return h
}

func FromHex(s string) []byte {
	if has0xPrefix(s) {
		s = s[2:]
	}
	if len(s)%2 == 1 {
		s = "0" + s
	}
	return Hex2Bytes(s)
}

func bigFromHex(hex string) *big.Int {
	return new(big.Int).SetBytes(FromHex(hex))
}

// decodeFieldElement expects 64 byte input with zero top 16 bytes,
// returns lower 48 bytes.
func decodeFieldElement(in []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	if len(in) != 64 {
		return nil, errors.New("invalid field element length")
	}
	// check top bytes
	for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
		if in[i] != byte(0x00) {
			return nil, errors.New("invalid field element top bytes")
		}
	}
	out := make([]byte, 48)
	copy(out[:], in[16:])
	return out, nil
}