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 * Copyright 2011-2019 Dominik Charousset                                     *
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#pragma once

#include "caf/fwd.hpp"

namespace caf {

/// Creates instances of @ref tracing_data.
class tracing_data_factory {
public:
  virtual ~tracing_data_factory();

  /// Deserializes tracing data from `source` and either overrides the content
  /// of `dst` or allocates a new object if `dst` is null.
  /// @returns the result of `source`.
  virtual error deserialize(deserializer& source,
                            std::unique_ptr<tracing_data>& dst) const = 0;

  /// @copydoc deserialize
  virtual error_code<sec>
  deserialize(binary_deserializer& source,
              std::unique_ptr<tracing_data>& dst) const = 0;
};

} // namespace caf
