// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//   Project atila
//   Active Thing (activething.com) git.activething.com/go
//
//   File name  packer.go
//   Created by DEV
//   Modified   23/01/2024
//
//   Copyright 2024 activething.com 
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package packs

import "time"

type (

	Packer 		interface {

		Pack (value any, flags Flags) ([]byte,error)


		PackAny    (value any, flags Flags)

		PackRaw    (value []byte, flags Flags)
		PackBinary (value []byte, flags Flags)
		PackString (value string, flags Flags)

		PackBool  (value bool, flags Flags)

		PackInt8  (value int8,  flags Flags)
		PackInt16 (value int16, flags Flags)
		PackInt32 (value int32, flags Flags)
		PackInt64 (value int64, flags Flags)

		PackUInt8  (value uint8 , flags Flags)
		PackUInt16 (value uint16, flags Flags)
		PackUInt32 (value uint32, flags Flags)
		PackUInt64 (value uint64, flags Flags)

		PackFloat32 (value float32, flags Flags)
		PackFloat64 (value float64, flags Flags)

		PackDate (value time.Time, flags Flags)

		PackList  (builder func(packer ListPacker  , flags Flags))
		PackMap   (builder func(packer MapPacker   , flags Flags))
		PackObject(builder func(packer ObjectPacker, flags Flags))

	}
)