/// Serializes the given `value: T` into the `stream`.
/// - `stream` is a instance of `std.io.Writer`
/// - `T` is the type to serialize
/// - `value` is the instance to serialize.
fn serialize(stream: anytype, comptime T: type, value: T) StreamError!void;

/// Deserializes a value of type `T` from the `stream`.
/// - `stream` is a instance of `std.io.Reader`
/// - `T` is the type to deserialize
fn deserialize(stream: anytype, comptime T: type) (StreamError || error{UnexpectedData,EndOfStream})!T;

/// Deserializes a value of type `T` from the `stream`.
/// - `stream` is a instance of `std.io.Reader`
/// - `T` is the type to deserialize
/// - `allocator` is an allocator require to allocate slices and pointers.
/// Result must be freed by using `free()`.
fn deserializeAlloc(stream: anytype, comptime T: type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) (StreamError || error{ UnexpectedData, OutOfMemory,EndOfStream })!T;

/// Releases all memory allocated by `deserializeAlloc`.
/// - `allocator` is the allocator passed to `deserializeAlloc`.
/// - `T` is the type that was passed to `deserializeAlloc`.
/// - `value` is the value that was returned by `deserializeAlloc`.
fn free(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, comptime T: type, value: T) void;