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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
}