From 067f5d10625d4eef00934203ee4a1fca6763197b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qyriad <qyriad@qyriad.me>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:07:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] SparseMerklePath: implement Serializable and Deserializable

---
 miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs b/miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs
index 665228d..dc52b33 100644
--- a/miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs
+++ b/miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::iter;
 
+use winter_utils::{Deserializable, DeserializationError, Serializable};
+
 use super::{EmptySubtreeRoots, MerkleError, MerklePath, RpoDigest, SMT_MAX_DEPTH};
 
 /// A different representation of [`MerklePath`] designed for memory efficiency for Merkle paths
@@ -228,6 +230,29 @@ impl DoubleEndedIterator for SparseMerkleIter {
     }
 }
 
+// SERIALIZATION
+// ================================================================================================
+
+impl Serializable for SparseMerklePath {
+    fn write_into<W: winter_utils::ByteWriter>(&self, target: &mut W) {
+        target.write_u8(self.depth());
+        target.write_u64(self.empty_nodes);
+        target.write_many(&self.nodes);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deserializable for SparseMerklePath {
+    fn read_from<R: winter_utils::ByteReader>(
+        source: &mut R,
+    ) -> Result<Self, DeserializationError> {
+        let depth = source.read_u8()?;
+        let empty_nodes = source.read_u64()?;
+        let count = depth as u32 - empty_nodes.count_ones();
+        let nodes = source.read_many::<RpoDigest>(count as usize)?;
+        Ok(Self { empty_nodes, nodes })
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use alloc::vec::Vec;