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+import abc
+
+
+class AbstractType(object):
+    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def encode(cls, value): # pylint: disable=no-self-argument
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def decode(cls, data): # pylint: disable=no-self-argument
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def repr(cls, value):
+        return repr(value)