1<?php
2
3/**
4 * This file is part of the FreeDSx LDAP package.
5 *
6 * (c) Chad Sikorra <Chad.Sikorra@gmail.com>
7 *
8 * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
9 * file that was distributed with this source code.
10 */
11
12namespace FreeDSx\Ldap\Protocol;
13
14use FreeDSx\Asn1\Type\AbstractType;
15use FreeDSx\Ldap\Exception\ProtocolException;
16
17/**
18 * Methods needed to transform an object to/from ASN1 representation.
19 *
20 * @author Chad Sikorra <Chad.Sikorra@gmail.com>
21 */
22interface ProtocolElementInterface
23{
24    /**
25     * Returns the Asn1 representation of an object that can be used by an encoder.
26     *
27     * @return AbstractType
28     */
29    public function toAsn1(): AbstractType;
30
31    /**
32     * @param AbstractType $type
33     * @return mixed
34     * @throws ProtocolException
35     */
36    public static function fromAsn1(AbstractType $type);
37}
38