# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB
#
# 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.



class MessageCoderBase(object):

    """
        Base class for the message coders contains both API
        and help functions for the message coders.

        Should be inherited from when writing message coders.

    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        pass

    def encode(self, data):
        """
            Encodes data to be sent from a serializable representation.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def decode(self, data):
        """
            Decodes serialized data into original representation.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

