Megatest

;;======================================================================
;; QUEUE UP META, TEST STATUS AND STEPS REMOTE ACCESS
;;======================================================================

;; NOTE: Can remove the regex and base64 encoding for zmq
(define (db:obj->string obj)
  (case *transport-type*
    ((fs) obj)
    ((http)
    ;; ((fs) obj)
    ((http fs)
     (string-substitute
      (regexp "=") "_"
      (base64:base64-encode (with-output-to-string (lambda ()(serialize obj))))
      #t))
    ((zmq)(with-output-to-string (lambda ()(serialize obj))))
    (else obj)))

(define (db:string->obj msg)
  (case *transport-type*
    ((fs) msg)
    ((http)
    ;; ((fs) msg)
    ((http fs)
     (if (string? msg)
	 (with-input-from-string 
	     (base64:base64-decode
	      (string-substitute 
	       (regexp "_") "=" msg #t))
	   (lambda ()(deserialize)))
	 (vector #f #f #f))) ;; crude reply for when things go awry