#pragma once

#include <llarp/util/buffer.hpp>

#include <vector>

namespace llarp
{
  namespace dns
  {
    /// base type for serializable dns entities
    struct Serialize
    {
      virtual ~Serialize() = 0;

      /// encode entity to buffer
      virtual bool
      Encode(llarp_buffer_t* buf) const = 0;

      /// decode entity from buffer
      virtual bool
      Decode(llarp_buffer_t* buf) = 0;
    };

    bool
    EncodeRData(llarp_buffer_t* buf, const std::vector<byte_t>& rdata);

    bool
    DecodeRData(llarp_buffer_t* buf, std::vector<byte_t>& rdata);

  }  // namespace dns
}  // namespace llarp