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+use crate::error::ProtocolError;
+
+/// Deserialization of types and structs to the quassel byteprotocol
+pub trait Deserialize {
+    fn parse(b: &[u8]) -> Result<(usize, Self), ProtocolError>
+    where
+        Self: std::marker::Sized;
+}
+
+/// Deserialization of UTF-8 based Strings to the quassel byteprotocol
+pub trait DeserializeUTF8 {
+    fn parse_utf8(b: &[u8]) -> Result<(usize, Self), ProtocolError>
+    where
+        Self: std::marker::Sized;
+}
+
+pub trait DeserializeVariant {
+    fn parse_variant(b: &[u8]) -> Result<(usize, Self), ProtocolError>
+    where
+        Self: std::marker::Sized;
+}