/**
 * codecs are a way to encode and decode from one type to another
 *
 * @module
 */
import * as Either from "effect/Either";
export type Codec<A, B, This = unknown> = {
    decode: (this: This, value: unknown) => Either.Either<B, Error>;
    encode: (this: This, value: B) => Either.Either<A, Error>;
};
export declare const decodingError: (value: unknown) => Error;