/// <reference path="../../../globals.d.ts" />
/// <reference path="./message.d.ts" />
/// <reference path="./fielddescriptor.d.ts" />
/// <reference path="./descriptor.d.ts" />

declare module goog.proto2 {

    class Serializer extends Serializer__Class { }
    /** Fake class which should be extended to avoid inheriting static properties */
    class Serializer__Class  { 
    
            /**
             * Abstract base class for PB2 serializers. A serializer is a class which
             * implements the serialization and deserialization of a Protocol Buffer Message
             * to/from a specific format.
             *
             * @constructor
             */
            constructor();
    
            /**
             * Serializes a message to the expected format.
             *
             * @param {goog.proto2.Message} message The message to be serialized.
             *
             * @return {*} The serialized form of the message.
             */
            serialize(message: goog.proto2.Message): any;
    
            /**
             * Returns the serialized form of the given value for the given field
             * if the field is a Message or Group and returns the value unchanged
             * otherwise.
             *
             * @param {goog.proto2.FieldDescriptor} field The field from which this
             *     value came.
             *
             * @param {*} value The value of the field.
             *
             * @return {*} The value.
             * @protected
             */
            getSerializedValue(field: goog.proto2.FieldDescriptor, value: any): any;
    
            /**
             * Deserializes a message from the expected format.
             *
             * @param {goog.proto2.Descriptor} descriptor The descriptor of the message
             *     to be created.
             * @param {*} data The data of the message.
             *
             * @return {!goog.proto2.Message} The message created.
             */
            deserialize(descriptor: goog.proto2.Descriptor, data: any): goog.proto2.Message;
    
            /**
             * Deserializes a message from the expected format and places the
             * data in the message.
             *
             * @param {goog.proto2.Message} message The message in which to
             *     place the information.
             * @param {*} data The data of the message.
             */
            deserializeTo(message: goog.proto2.Message, data: any): void;
    
            /**
             * Returns the deserialized form of the given value for the given field if the
             * field is a Message or Group and returns the value, converted or unchanged,
             * for primitive field types otherwise.
             *
             * @param {goog.proto2.FieldDescriptor} field The field from which this
             *     value came.
             *
             * @param {*} value The value of the field.
             *
             * @return {*} The value.
             * @protected
             */
            getDeserializedValue(field: goog.proto2.FieldDescriptor, value: any): any;
    } 
    
}