/**
 * AbstractEncoding contract
 *
 * @see https://github.com/mafintosh/abstract-encoding
 */
export interface AbstractEncoding<T> {
	/**
	 * encode a value to a buffer
	 */
	encode(data: T, buffer?: ArrayBuffer, offset?: number): BufferSource;

	/**
	 * decode data from buffer
	 */
	decode(buffer: BufferSource, start?: number, end?: number): T;

	/**
	 * byteLength of data
	 */
	byteLength?: (data: T) => number;
}