#ifndef PROTON_CODEC_COMMON_HPP
#define PROTON_CODEC_COMMON_HPP

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#include "../type_id.hpp"

namespace proton {
namespace codec {

/// **Experimental** - Start encoding a complex type.
struct start {
    /// @cond INTERNAL
    /// XXX Document
    start(type_id type_=NULL_TYPE, type_id element_=NULL_TYPE,
          bool described_=false, size_t size_=0) :
        type(type_), element(element_), is_described(described_), size(size_) {}

    type_id type;            ///< The container type: ARRAY, LIST, MAP or DESCRIBED.
    type_id element;         ///< the element type for array only.
    bool is_described;       ///< true if first value is a descriptor.
    size_t size;             ///< the element count excluding the descriptor (if any)
    /// @endcond

    /// @cond INTERNAL
    /// XXX Document
    static start array(type_id element, bool described=false) { return start(ARRAY, element, described); }
    static start list() { return start(LIST); }
    static start map() { return start(MAP); }
    static start described() { return start(DESCRIBED, NULL_TYPE, true); }
    /// @endcond
};

/// **Experimental** - Finish inserting or extracting a complex type.
struct finish {};

} // codec
} // proton

#endif // PROTON_CODEC_COMMON_HPP
