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16 
17 #if !os(WASI)
18 import Foundation
19 #else
20 import SwiftOverlayShims
21 #endif
22 
23 /// NativeStruct is a protocol that indicates if the struct is a native `swift` struct
24 /// since now we will be serializing native structs into the buffer.
25 public protocol NativeStruct {}
26 
27 /// FlatbuffersInitializable is a protocol that allows any object to be
28 /// Initialized from a ByteBuffer
29 public protocol FlatbuffersInitializable {
30   /// Any flatbuffers object that confirms to this protocol is going to be
31   /// initializable through this initializer
32   init(_ bb: ByteBuffer, o: Int32)
33 }
34 
35 /// FlatbufferObject structures all the Flatbuffers objects
36 public protocol FlatBufferObject: FlatbuffersInitializable {
37   var __buffer: ByteBuffer! { get }
38 }
39 
40 /// ``ObjectAPIPacker`` is a protocol that allows object to pack and unpack from a
41 /// ``NativeObject`` to a flatbuffers Object and vice versa.
42 public protocol ObjectAPIPacker {
43   /// associatedtype to the object that should be unpacked.
44   associatedtype T
45 
46   /// ``pack(_:obj:)-3ptws`` tries to pacs the variables of a native Object into the `ByteBuffer` by using
47   /// a FlatBufferBuilder
48   /// - Parameters:
49   ///   - builder: FlatBufferBuilder that will host incoming data
50   ///   - obj: Object of associatedtype to the current implementer
51   ///
52   /// ``pack(_:obj:)-3ptws`` can be called by passing through an already initialized ``FlatBufferBuilder``
53   /// or it can be called by using the public API that will create a new ``FlatBufferBuilder``
packnull54   static func pack(_ builder: inout FlatBufferBuilder, obj: inout T?) -> Offset
55 
56   /// ``pack(_:obj:)-20ipk`` packs the variables of a native Object into the `ByteBuffer` by using
57   /// the FlatBufferBuilder
58   /// - Parameters:
59   ///   - builder: FlatBufferBuilder that will host incoming data
60   ///   - obj: Object of associatedtype to the current implementer
61   ///
62   /// ``pack(_:obj:)-20ipk`` can be called by passing through an already initialized ``FlatBufferBuilder``
63   /// or it can be called by using the public API that will create a new ``FlatBufferBuilder``
64   static func pack(_ builder: inout FlatBufferBuilder, obj: inout T) -> Offset
65 
66   /// ``unpack()`` unpacks a ``FlatBuffers`` object into a Native swift object.
67   mutating func unpack() -> T
68 }
69