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(** {1 Bijective Serializer/Deserializer} *)

type 'a t

(** {2 Bijection description} *)

val unit_ : unit t
val string_ : string t
val int_ : int t
val bool_ : bool t
val float_ : float t

val list_ : 'a t -> 'a list t
val many : 'a t -> 'a list t  (* non empty *)
val opt : 'a t -> 'a option t
val pair : 'a t -> 'b t -> ('a * 'b) t
val triple : 'a t -> 'b t -> 'c t -> ('a * 'b * 'c) t

val map : inject:('a -> 'b) -> extract:('b -> 'a) -> 'b t -> 'a t
val switch : ('a -> char) -> (char * 'a t) list -> 'a t
  (** discriminates based on the next character. 
      The selection function, with type ['a -> char], is used to select a
      bijection depending on the value.
      ' ' means "default" *)

exception EncodingError of string
  (** Raised when decoding is impossible *)

exception DecodingError of string
  (** Raised when decoding is impossible *)

(** {2 Source of parsing} *)

module Source : sig
  type t = string -> int  (* fills the buffer *)

  val of_str : string -> t
  val of_stream : char Stream.t -> t
  val of_chan : in_channel -> t
end

(** {2 Sink: Where to print} *)

module Sink : sig
  type t = {
    mutable write : string -> unit;
    mutable write_int : int -> unit;
    mutable write_bool : bool -> unit;
    mutable write_float : float -> unit;
  }

  val of_buf : Buffer.t -> t
  val of_chan : out_channel -> t
end

(** {2 Encoding/decoding} *)

module Sexp : sig
  val encode : bij:'a t -> Sink.t -> 'a -> unit
  val to_string : bij:'a t -> 'a -> string
  val decode : bij:'a t -> Source.t -> 'a
  val of_string : bij:'a t -> string -> 'a
end