codec.go

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package eventhorizon

import "context"

// EventCodec is a codec for marshaling and unmarshaling events to and from bytes.
type EventCodec interface {
	// MarshalEvent marshals an event and the supported parts of context into bytes.
	MarshalEvent(context.Context, Event) ([]byte, error)
	// UnmarshalEvent unmarshals an event and supported parts of context from bytes.
	UnmarshalEvent(context.Context, []byte) (Event, context.Context, error)
}