/// <reference types="node" />
export type JsonSerializable = string | number | boolean | null | Buffer | JsonSerializable[] | {
    [key: string]: JsonSerializable;
};
export type IJsonSerializable = string | number | boolean | bigint | null | Buffer | IJsonSerializable[] | {
    [key: string]: IJsonSerializable;
};
/**
 * Interface for objects that can be serialized, deserialized, and compared for equality.
 *
 * It surprises me that Javascript doesn't have some sort of native or standard
 * support for this.
 */
export interface Serde<E, SE = JsonSerializable> {
    /** Determine whether two elements should be considered equal */
    equals(element1: E, element2: E): boolean;
    /**
     * Convert an element to a serialized form suitable for storage or
     * to be sent over the network.
     */
    serialize(element: E): SE;
    /**
     * Convert serialized data from the database or network to an element.
     *
     * May throw an error if the data cannot be deserialized.
     */
    deserialize(data: SE): E;
}
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