package org.opentrafficsim.sim0mq.publisher;
   
   import org.djutils.event.Event;
   import org.djutils.event.EventType;
   import org.djutils.exceptions.Throw;
   import org.djutils.metadata.MetaData;
   import org.djutils.serialization.EndianUtil;
   import org.djutils.serialization.SerializationException;
   import org.djutils.serialization.serializers.Pointer;
  import org.djutils.serialization.serializers.Serializer;
  
  /**
   * Convert one Event into an equivalent Sim0MQ Message, or back.
   * <p>
   * Copyright (c) 2020-2024 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved. <br>
   * BSD-style license. See <a href="https://opentrafficsim.org/docs/license.html">OpenTrafficSim License</a>.
   * </p>
   * @author <a href="https://github.com/averbraeck">Alexander Verbraeck</a>
   * @author <a href="https://github.com/peter-knoppers">Peter Knoppers</a>
   * @author <a href="https://github.com/wjschakel">Wouter Schakel</a>
   * @param <E> event type
   */
  public class EventSerializer<E extends Event> implements Serializer<Event>
  {
      /** The type of event that this EventSerializer handles. */
      private final EventType eventType;
  
      /**
       * Construct a new EventSerializer for the specified <code>EventType</code>.
       * @param eventType the event type
       */
      EventSerializer(final EventType eventType)
      {
          this.eventType = eventType;
      }
  
      @Override
      public int size(final Event event) throws SerializationException
      {
          EventType et = event.getType();
          Throw.when(et.equals(this.eventType), ClassCastException.class,
                  "EventSerializer for " + this.eventType.getName() + " cannot handle event " + event);
          int result = et.getName().length();
          MetaData metaData = this.eventType.getMetaData();
          for (int index = 0; index < metaData.size(); index++)
          {
              // TODO: There has to be sme content here?
          }
          return result;
      }
  
      @Override
      public int sizeWithPrefix(final Event event) throws SerializationException
      {
          return 1 + size(event);
      }
  
      @Override
      public byte fieldType()
      {
          return 33;
      }
  
      @Override
      public void serialize(final Event object, final byte[] buffer, final Pointer pointer, final EndianUtil endianUtil)
              throws SerializationException
      {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
      }
  
      @Override
      public void serializeWithPrefix(final Event object, final byte[] buffer, final Pointer pointer, final EndianUtil endianUtil)
              throws SerializationException
      {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
      }
  
      @Override
      public Event deSerialize(final byte[] buffer, final Pointer pointer, final EndianUtil endianUtil)
              throws SerializationException
      {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          return null;
      }
  
      @Override
      public String dataClassName()
      {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          return null;
      }
  
      @Override
      public final int getNumberOfDimensions()
      {
          return 0;
      }
 
 }