vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/codec.go

/*
 *
 * Copyright 2014 gRPC authors.
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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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
}