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 * Copyright 2020-2022 The NATS Authors
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 */

export interface Codec<T> {
  /**
   * Encode T to an Uint8Array suitable for including in a message payload.
   * @param d
   */
  encode(d: T): Uint8Array;

  /**
   * Decode an Uint8Array from a message payload into a T
   * @param a
   */
  decode(a: Uint8Array): T;
}