using System;
using System.IO;

namespace BITKit
{
    public interface INetMessageReader
    {
        void Initialize();
        Type GetMessageType();
        object ReadBinaryAsObject(BinaryReader reader);
        void WriteBinaryAsObject(BinaryWriter writer, Object value);
    }
    public interface INetMessageReader<T> : INetMessageReader
    {
        T ReadBinary(BinaryReader reader);
        void WriteBinary(BinaryWriter writer, T value);
    }
    public abstract class NetMessageReader<T> : INetMessageReader<T>
    {
        public Type GetMessageType() => typeof(T);
        public virtual void Initialize() { }
        public abstract T ReadBinary(BinaryReader reader);
        public object ReadBinaryAsObject(BinaryReader reader) => ReadBinary(reader);
        public abstract void WriteBinary(BinaryWriter writer, T value);
        public void WriteBinaryAsObject(BinaryWriter writer, object value) => WriteBinary(writer, (T)value);
    }
}