Created a simple data serialization library, to serialize and deserialize the data to be sent

includes/serialization.h

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+#ifndef _SERIALIZATION_H
+#define _SERIALIZATION_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* Struct used to hold the data that will be sent between sockets */
+typedef struct {
+	uint16_t pad_x;
+	uint16_t pad_y;
+	uint16_t ball_x;
+	uint16_t ball_y;
+} Serial_Data;
+
+/* Create a Serial_Data struct from float values */
+Serial_Data Serial_create_data(float pad_x, float pad_y, float ball_x, float ball_y);
+
+/* Serialize a struct into a byte array, that can be sent through a socket */
+uint8_t* Serial_serialize(Serial_Data data);
+
+/* Deserialize a byte array into a struct, and return the struct */
+Serial_Data Serial_deserialize(uint8_t* serialized);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif