types.go

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package wsclient

import "reflect"

// TypeDecoder interface defines methods to decode ecs types.
type TypeDecoder interface {
	// NewOfType returns an object of a recognized type for a given type name.
	// It additionally returns a boolean value which is set to false for an
	// unrecognized type.
	NewOfType(string) (interface{}, bool)

	// GetRecognizedTypes returns a map of type-strings (as passed in acs/tcs messages as
	// the 'type' field) to a pointer to the corresponding struct type this type should
	// be marshalled/unmarshalled to/from.
	GetRecognizedTypes() map[string]reflect.Type
}