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+// See the file "COPYING" in the main distribution directory for copyright.
+
+// Interfaces to be implemented by event and log serializer components.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "zeek/Span.h"
+#include "zeek/logging/Types.h"
+
+namespace zeek::cluster {
+
+namespace detail {
+class Event;
+
+using byte_buffer = std::vector<std::byte>;
+using byte_buffer_span = Span<const std::byte>;
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+
+/**
+ * This class handles encoding of events into byte buffers and back.
+ *
+ * An event and its parameters can be serialized as a message which
+ * another node can unserialize and then enqueue as an event.
+ */
+class EventSerializer {
+public:
+    virtual ~EventSerializer() = default;
+
+    /**
+     * Serialize an event into the given byte buffer.
+     *
+     * @param buf The buffer to use for serialization.
+     * @param event The event to serialize.
+     *
+     * @returns True on success, false in exceptional cases (e.g. unsupported serialization).
+     */
+    virtual bool SerializeEvent(detail::byte_buffer& buf, const detail::Event& event) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Unserialize an event from a given byte buffer.
+     *
+     * @param buf A span representing a received remote event.
+     *
+     * @returns The event, or std::nullopt on error.
+     */
+    virtual std::optional<cluster::detail::Event> UnserializeEvent(detail::byte_buffer_span buf) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * @returns The name of this event serializer instance.
+     */
+    const std::string& Name() { return name; }
+
+protected:
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     */
+    EventSerializer(std::string name) : name(std::move(name)) {}
+
+private:
+    std::string name;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Interface for a serializer for logging::LogRecord instances.
+ */
+class LogSerializer {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     */
+    explicit LogSerializer(std::string name) : name(std::move(name)) {};
+
+    virtual ~LogSerializer() = default;
+
+    /**
+     * Serialize log records into a byte buffer.
+     *
+     * @param buf The buffer to serialize into.
+     * @param header The log batch header.
+     * @param records The actual log writes.
+     */
+    virtual bool SerializeLogWrite(detail::byte_buffer& buf, const logging::detail::LogWriteHeader& header,
+                                   zeek::Span<logging::detail::LogRecord> records) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Unserialize log writes from a given byte buffer.
+     *
+     * @param buf The span representing received log writes.
+     */
+    virtual std::optional<logging::detail::LogWriteBatch> UnserializeLogWrite(detail::byte_buffer_span buf) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * @returns The name of this log serializer instance.
+     */
+    const std::string& Name() { return name; }
+
+private:
+    std::string name;
+};
+
+} // namespace zeek::cluster