// Copyright 2017 Jeremy Wall <jeremy@marzhillstudios.com>
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//! The traits used by the ucg compiler for converting Val intermediate format into the output formats..
use std::error::Error;
use std::io::Write;
use std::rc::Rc;
use std::result;

use build::Val;

pub type Result = result::Result<(), Box<Error>>;

/// The trait that Converters from Val to different output formats for the
/// final conversion stage of the ucg compiler.
pub trait Converter {
    fn convert(&self, vs: Rc<Val>, w: &mut Write) -> Result;
    fn file_ext(&self) -> String;
    fn description(&self) -> String;
}