use super::PagedWriter;

use crate::{error::Error, ArcBytes};

/// A trait for serializing and deserializing from a tree.

pub trait BinarySerialization: Send + Sync + Sized {

    /// Serializes `self` into `writer`, using `paged_writer` to store any

    /// additional data as needed.

    fn serialize_to(

        &mut self,

        writer: &mut Vec<u8>,

        paged_writer: &mut PagedWriter<'_>,

    ) -> Result<usize, Error>;

    /// Deserialize an instance from `reader`. If an allocation of nodes is

    /// needed, assume `current_order` is the maximum number of nodes a node can

    /// contain.

    fn deserialize_from(

        reader: &mut ArcBytes<'_>,

        current_order: Option<usize>,

    ) -> Result<Self, Error>;

}

impl BinarySerialization for () {

}