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+use crate::{error::ProtocolError, primitive};
+
+/// Serialization of types and structs to the quassel byteprotocol
+pub trait Serialize {
+    fn serialize(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ProtocolError>;
+}
+
+/// Serialization of UTF-8 based Strings to the quassel byteprotocol
+pub trait SerializeUTF8 {
+    fn serialize_utf8(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ProtocolError>;
+}
+
+/// Sets the usertype name to be used in serialization and deserialization of the types variants.
+/// Automaticly implements the [SerializeVariant] trait.
+///
+/// Example [Serialize] impl for a `struct NewType(T: Serialize)`:
+/// ```rust
+/// use libquassel::serialize::{Serialize, SerializeUTF8, UserType};
+///
+/// struct NewType(i64);
+/// impl Serialize for NewType {
+///     fn serialize(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, libquassel::ProtocolError> {
+///         let mut res = Vec::new();
+///
+///         res.append(&mut Self::NAME.serialize_utf8()?);
+///         res.extend(self.0.serialize()?);
+///
+///         Ok(res)
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// impl UserType for NewType {
+///   const NAME: &str = "NewType";
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub trait UserType {
+    const NAME: &str;
+}
+
+/// Provides a easy default implementation for serializing a type to it's [Variant] given it's QT type id.
+///
+/// If the type is a UserType implement only [UserType], SerializeVariant is implemented automaticly.
+///
+/// ```rust ignore
+/// impl SerializeVariant for VariantList {
+///     const TYPE: u32 = primitive::QVARIANTLIST;
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub trait SerializeVariant {
+    /// QT Type as defined by the [Primitive Constants]
+    ///
+    /// [Primitive Constants]: primitive#constants
+    const TYPE: u32;
+
+    /// Default implementation that passes the serialization through to [SerializeVariantInner].
+    /// [SerializeVariantInner] is automaticly implemented for all types that implement [Serialize]
+    ///
+    /// ```rust ignore
+    /// self.serialize_variant_inner(Self::TYPE)
+    /// ```
+    fn serialize_variant(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ProtocolError>
+    where
+        Self: SerializeVariantInner,
+    {
+        self.serialize_variant_inner(Self::TYPE)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Implemented automaticly for all types that implement [Serialize] refer to [SerializeVariant]
+pub trait SerializeVariantInner {
+    fn serialize_variant_inner(&self, t: u32) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ProtocolError>;
+}
+
+impl<T: Serialize> SerializeVariantInner for T {
+    fn serialize_variant_inner(&self, t: u32) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ProtocolError> {
+        let mut res: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+
+        res.extend(t.to_be_bytes().iter());
+        res.extend(0x00u8.to_be_bytes().iter());
+        res.extend(self.serialize()?);
+
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: UserType> SerializeVariant for T {
+    const TYPE: u32 = primitive::USERTYPE;
+}