import { Payload } from '../interfaces';
/**
 * `PayloadCodec` is an optional step that happens between the wire and the {@link PayloadConverter}:
 *
 * Temporal Server <--> Wire <--> `PayloadCodec` <--> `PayloadConverter` <--> User code
 *
 * Implement this to transform an array of {@link Payload}s to/from the format sent over the wire and stored by Temporal Server.
 * Common transformations are encryption and compression.
 */
export interface PayloadCodec {
    /**
     * Encode an array of {@link Payload}s for sending over the wire.
     * @param payloads May have length 0.
     */
    encode(payloads: Payload[]): Promise<Payload[]>;
    /**
     * Decode an array of {@link Payload}s received from the wire.
     */
    decode(payloads: Payload[]): Promise<Payload[]>;
}