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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/encoding"
+	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/proto" // to register the Codec for "proto"
+)
+
+// baseCodec contains the functionality of both Codec and encoding.Codec, but
+// omits the name/string, which vary between the two and are not needed for
+// anything besides the registry in the encoding package.
+type baseCodec interface {
+	Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+	Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error
+}
+
+var _ baseCodec = Codec(nil)
+var _ baseCodec = encoding.Codec(nil)
+
+// Codec defines the interface gRPC uses to encode and decode messages.
+// Note that implementations of this interface must be thread safe;
+// a Codec's methods can be called from concurrent goroutines.
+//
+// Deprecated: use encoding.Codec instead.
+type Codec interface {
+	// Marshal returns the wire format of v.
+	Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+	// Unmarshal parses the wire format into v.
+	Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error
+	// String returns the name of the Codec implementation.  This is unused by
+	// gRPC.
+	String() string
+}