// Read a (length prefixed) byteslice then decode the object using the codec func decodeByteSlice(codec wire.Codec, r io.Reader, n *int64, err *error) interface{} { bytez := wire.ReadByteSlice(r, n, err) if *err != nil { return nil } n_ := new(int64) return codec.Decode(bytes.NewBuffer(bytez), n_, err) }