/// <summary>
/// Adds an encoder for a specific type of element to this more
/// general codec.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="element">A codec for a particular type of element.</param>
/// <returns>
/// A new codec that can encode and decode elements of type <typeparamref name="T"/>.
/// </returns>
public PiecewiseCodec <TObj> Add <T>(CodecElement <T, LNode> element)
where T : TObj
{
var newDecoders = decoders.Add(
element.Identifier,
(data, state) => element.Decode(data, state));
var newEncoders = encoders.Add(
typeof(T),
(obj, state) => element.Encode((T)obj, state));
return(new PiecewiseCodec <TObj>(newDecoders, newEncoders));
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds an encoder for a specific type of element to this more
/// general codec.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="element">A codec for a particular type of element.</param>
/// <returns>
/// A new codec that can encode and decode elements of type <typeparamref name="T"/>.
/// </returns>
public PiecewiseCodec <TObj> Add <T>(CodecElement <T, IReadOnlyList <LNode> > element)
where T : TObj
{
var newDecoders = decoders.Add(
element.Identifier,
(data, state) => element.Decode(data.Args, state));
var newEncoders = encoders.Add(
typeof(T),
(obj, state) =>
state.Factory.Call(
element.Identifier,
element.Encode((T)obj, state)));
return(new PiecewiseCodec <TObj>(newDecoders, newEncoders));
}
