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+module WS
+  module Encoding
+    # Encoders operate on _foreign_ objects. That is, Ruby object
+    # instances that are the _marshaling format specific_ representation
+    # of objects. In other words, objects that have not yet been marshaled, but
+    # are in protocol-specific form (such as an AST or DOM element), and not
+    # native Ruby form.
+    class AbstractEncoding
+      def encode_rpc_call(method_name, params)
+        raise NotImplementedError
+      end
+
+      def decode_rpc_call(obj)
+        raise NotImplementedError
+      end
+
+      def encode_rpc_response(method_name, return_value)
+        raise NotImplementedError
+      end
+
+      def decode_rpc_response(obj)
+        raise NotImplementedError
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end