DataLireCoder swift package

Sources/DataLiteCoder/Protocols/DateFormatterProtocol.swift

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+import Foundation
+
+/// A common interface for formatting and parsing `Date` values.
+///
+/// The `DateFormatterProtocol` abstracts the interface of date formatters, allowing
+/// interchangeable use of `DateFormatter` and `ISO8601DateFormatter` when encoding or decoding
+/// date values.
+public protocol DateFormatterProtocol {
+    /// Returns a string representation of the specified date.
+    ///
+    /// - Parameter date: The `Date` to format.
+    /// - Returns: A string that represents the formatted date.
+    func string(from date: Date) -> String
+    
+    /// Converts the specified string into a `Date` object.
+    ///
+    /// - Parameter string: The date string to parse.
+    /// - Returns: A `Date` object if the string could be parsed, or `nil` otherwise.
+    func date(from string: String) -> Date?
+}
+
+extension ISO8601DateFormatter: DateFormatterProtocol {}
+
+extension DateFormatter: DateFormatterProtocol {}