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+package xyz.driver.core
+package messaging
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer
+
+/** A topic is a named group of messages that all share a common schema.
+  * @tparam Message type of messages sent over this topic */
+trait Topic[Message] {
+
+  /** Name of this topic (must be unique). */
+  def name: String
+
+  /** Convert a message to its wire format that will be sent over a bus. */
+  def serialize(message: Message): ByteBuffer
+
+  /** Convert a message from its wire format. */
+  def deserialize(message: ByteBuffer): Message
+
+}
+
+object Topic {
+
+  /** Create a new "raw" topic without a schema, providing access to the underlying bytes of messages. */
+  def raw(name0: String): Topic[ByteBuffer] = new Topic[ByteBuffer] {
+    def name                                                  = name0
+    override def serialize(message: ByteBuffer): ByteBuffer   = message
+    override def deserialize(message: ByteBuffer): ByteBuffer = message
+  }
+
+  /** Create a topic that represents data as UTF-8 encoded strings. */
+  def string(name0: String): Topic[String] = new Topic[String] {
+    def name = name0
+    override def serialize(message: String): ByteBuffer = {
+      ByteBuffer.wrap(message.getBytes("utf-8"))
+    }
+    override def deserialize(message: ByteBuffer): String = {
+      val bytes = new Array[Byte](message.remaining())
+      message.get(bytes)
+      new String(bytes, "utf-8")
+    }
+  }
+
+}