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/**
* Provides {@link eu.mulk.jgvariant.core.Variant} and {@link eu.mulk.jgvariant.core.Decoder}, the
* foundational classes for <a href="https://docs.gtk.org/glib/struct.Variant.html">GVariant</a>
* parsing.
*
* <p>{@link eu.mulk.jgvariant.core.Variant} is a sum type (sealed interface) that represents a
* GVariant value. Its subtypes represent the different types of values that GVariant supports.
*
* <p>Instances of {@link eu.mulk.jgvariant.core.Decoder} read a given concrete subtype of {@link
* eu.mulk.jgvariant.core.Variant} from a {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer}. The class also contains
* factory methods to create those instances.
*
* <p><strong>Example</strong>
*
* <p>To parse a GVariant of type {@code "a(si)"}, which is an array of pairs of {@link
* java.lang.String} and {@code int}, you can use the following code:
*
* <pre>{@code
* record ExampleRecord(String s, int i) {}
*
* var decoder =
* Decoder.ofArray(
* Decoder.ofStructure(
* ExampleRecord.class,
* Decoder.ofString(UTF_8),
* Decoder.ofInt().withByteOrder(LITTLE_ENDIAN)));
*
* byte[] bytes = ...;
* List<ExampleRecord> example = decoder.decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes));
* }</pre>
*/
package eu.mulk.jgvariant.core;