gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs

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using System.Collections.Generic;
using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;

namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Serializes data to and from Gremlin Server.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IMessageSerializer
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///     Serializes a <see cref="RequestMessage"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="requestMessage">The <see cref="RequestMessage"/> to serialize.</param>
        /// <returns>The serialized message.</returns>
        byte[] SerializeMessage(RequestMessage requestMessage);
        
        /// <summary>
        ///     Deserializes a <see cref="ResponseMessage{T}"/> from a byte array.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">The serialized message to deserialize.</param>
        /// <returns>The deserialized <see cref="ResponseMessage{T}"/>.</returns>
        ResponseMessage<List<object>> DeserializeMessage(byte[] message);
    }
}