/**
 * 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 const decodingError = (value: unknown) =>
  new Error(`typeof value ${value} (${typeof value}) could not be decoded`);