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type Function interface {
	Object

	// tctx is for options controlling transcoding short-long version during Long ID and legacyTypeNames->newTypeNames transition
	// pass empty basictl.JSONWriteContext{} if you do not know which options you need
	ReadResultTL1WriteResultJSON(tctx *basictl.JSONWriteContext, r []byte, w []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) // combination of ReadResult(r) + WriteResultJSON(w). Returns new r, new w, plus error
	ReadResultJSONWriteResultTL1(r []byte, w []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error)                                 // combination of ReadResultJSON(r) + WriteResult(w). Returns new r, new w, plus error

}

type Object interface {
	TLName() string // returns type's TL name. For union, returns constructor name depending on actual union value
	TLTag() uint32  // returns type's TL tag. For union, returns constructor tag depending on actual union value
	String() string // returns type's representation for debugging (JSON for now)

	ReadTL1(w []byte) ([]byte, error)              // reads type's bare TL representation by consuming bytes from the start of w and returns remaining bytes, plus error
	ReadTL1Boxed(w []byte) ([]byte, error)         // same as Read, but reads/checks TLTag first (this method is general version of Write, use it only when you are working with interface)
	WriteTL1General(w []byte) ([]byte, error)      // same as Write, but has common signature (with error) for all objects, so can be called through interface
	WriteTL1BoxedGeneral(w []byte) ([]byte, error) // same as WriteBoxed, but has common signature (with error) for all objects, so can be called through interface

	MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) // returns type's JSON representation, plus error
	UnmarshalJSON([]byte) error   // reads type's JSON representation

	ReadJSON(legacyTypeNames bool, in *basictl.JsonLexer) error
	// like MarshalJSON, but appends to w and returns it
	// pass empty basictl.JSONWriteContext{} if you do not know which options you need
	WriteJSONGeneral(tctx *basictl.JSONWriteContext, w []byte) ([]byte, error)
}

type TLItem struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}