Interface Codec

codec.go:35–54

Codec marshals structs (typically generated from a schema) to and from bytes.

// Codec marshals structs (typically generated from a schema) to and from bytes.
type Codec interface {
	// Name returns the name of the Codec.
	//
	// This may be used as part of the Content-Type within HTTP. For example,
	// with gRPC this is the content subtype, so "application/grpc+proto" will
	// map to the Codec with name "proto".
	//
	// Names must not be empty.
	Name() string
	// Marshal marshals the given message.
	//
	// Marshal may expect a specific type of message, and will error if this type
	// is not given.
	Marshal(any) ([]byte, error)
	// Unmarshal unmarshals the given message.
	//
	// Unmarshal may expect a specific type of message, and will error if this
	// type is not given.
	Unmarshal([]byte, any) error
}

// marshalAppender is an extension to Codec for appending to a byte slice.
type marshalAppender interface {