package net.minecraft.network.syncher;

import net.minecraft.network.RegistryFriendlyByteBuf;
import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;

public interface EntityDataSerializer<T> {
	StreamCodec<? super RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, T> codec();

	default EntityDataAccessor<T> createAccessor(final int id) {
		return new EntityDataAccessor<>(id, this);
	}

	T copy(T value);

	static <T> EntityDataSerializer<T> forValueType(final StreamCodec<? super RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, T> codec) {
		return () -> codec;
	}

	public interface ForValueType<T> extends EntityDataSerializer<T> {
		@Override
		default T copy(final T value) {
			return value;
		}
	}
}