/**
 *** Copyright (c) 2016-2019, Jaguar0625, gimre, BloodyRookie, Tech Bureau, Corp.
 *** Copyright (c) 2020-present, Jaguar0625, gimre, BloodyRookie.
 *** All rights reserved.
 ***
 *** This file is part of Catapult.
 ***
 *** Catapult is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *** it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 *** the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *** (at your option) any later version.
 ***
 *** Catapult is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *** MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 *** GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 ***
 *** You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 *** along with Catapult. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 **/

/** Objects of this interface knows how to serialize a catbuffer object. */
export interface Serializer {
    /**
     * Serializes an object to bytes.
     *
     * @return Serialized bytes.
     */
    serialize(): Uint8Array;

    /**
     * Gets the size of the object.
     *
     * @return Size in bytes.
     */
    getSize(): number;
}