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codec

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Versions in this module

v0

v0.12.0

Oct 14, 2026

v0.11.0

Oct 9, 2026

v0.10.0

Oct 9, 2026

v0.9.0

Oct 9, 2026

v0.8.0

Oct 8, 2026

v0.7.0

Oct 6, 2026

v0.6.0

Oct 6, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type FileCodec interface

+ MarshalFile func(path string, v PT) error

+ UnmarshalFile func(path string) (PT, error)

+ type JsonCodec struct

+ func (codec JsonCodec[T, PT]) MarshalBinary(v PT) ([]byte, error)

+ func (codec JsonCodec[T, PT]) MarshalFile(path string, v PT) error

+ func (codec JsonCodec[T, PT]) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) (PT, error)

+ func (codec JsonCodec[T, PT]) UnmarshalFile(path string) (PT, error)

type ProtoCodec

+ func (codec ProtoCodec[T, PT]) MarshalFile(path string, v PT) error

+ func (codec ProtoCodec[T, PT]) UnmarshalFile(path string) (PT, error)

type ProtoJsonCodec

+ func (codec ProtoJsonCodec[T, PT]) MarshalFile(path string, v PT) error

+ func (codec ProtoJsonCodec[T, PT]) UnmarshalFile(path string) (PT, error)

+ type YamlCodec struct

+ func (codec YamlCodec[T, PT]) MarshalBinary(v PT) ([]byte, error)

+ func (codec YamlCodec[T, PT]) MarshalFile(path string, v PT) error

+ func (codec YamlCodec[T, PT]) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) (PT, error)

+ func (codec YamlCodec[T, PT]) UnmarshalFile(path string) (PT, error)

v0.5.0

Oct 5, 2026

v0.4.0

Oct 1, 2026

v0.3.0

Oct 1, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type Codec interface

+ MarshalBinary func(v *T) ([]byte, error)

+ UnmarshalBinary func(data []byte) (*T, error)

+ type ProtoCodec struct

+ func (codec ProtoCodec[T, PT]) MarshalBinary(v *T) ([]byte, error)

+ func (codec ProtoCodec[T, PT]) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) (*T, error)

+ type ProtoJsonCodec struct

+ func (codec ProtoJsonCodec[T, PT]) MarshalBinary(v *T) ([]byte, error)

+ func (codec ProtoJsonCodec[T, PT]) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) (*T, error)