use super::engine_error;
use crate::specification::engines::AbstractEngine;
use crate::specification::entities::PlaintextEntity;
engine_error! {
PlaintextConversionError for PlaintextConversionEngine @
}
/// A trait for engines converting plaintexts.
///
/// # Semantics
///
/// This [pure](super#operation-semantics) operation generates a plaintext containing the
/// conversion of the `input` plaintext to a type with a different representation (for instance from
/// cpu to gpu memory).
///
/// # Formal Definition
pub trait PlaintextConversionEngine<Input, Output>: AbstractEngine
where
Input: PlaintextEntity,
Output: PlaintextEntity,
{
/// Converts a plaintext.
fn convert_plaintext(
&mut self,
input: &Input,
) -> Result<Output, PlaintextConversionError<Self::EngineError>>;
/// Unsafely converts a plaintext.
///
/// # Safety
/// For the _general_ safety concerns regarding this operation, refer to the different variants
/// of [`PlaintextConversionError`]. For safety concerns _specific_ to an engine, refer to
/// the implementer safety section.
unsafe fn convert_plaintext_unchecked(&mut self, input: &Input) -> Output;
}