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+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+use super::service::ServiceConf;
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum SalarymanPacket {
+    Ping,
+    Pong,
+    Okay,
+    Create(ServiceConf),
+    Delete(Uuid),
+    Start(Uuid),
+    Stop(Uuid),
+    Restart(Uuid),
+
+    Quit,
+    Invalid,
+}
+impl SalarymanPacket {
+    /// Used to encode the enum and any nested structs for network transmission
+    pub fn serialize(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, bincode::error::EncodeError>{
+        bincode::serde::encode_to_vec(&self, bincode::config::standard())
+    }
+    /// Used to decode the enum and any nested struct from a network transmission
+    pub fn deserialize(data: &[u8]) -> Result<SalarymanPacket, bincode::error::DecodeError> {
+        let (ret, _size) = bincode::serde::decode_from_slice(data, bincode::config::standard())?;
+        Ok(ret)
+    }
+    /// Generates a response from a given SalarymanPacket invariant
+    pub fn response(&self) -> Self {
+        match self {
+            Self::Ping => Self::Pong,
+            Self::Create(_) => Self::Okay,
+            Self::Delete(_) => Self::Okay,
+            Self::Start(_) => Self::Okay,
+            Self::Stop(_) => Self::Okay,
+            Self::Restart(_) => Self::Okay,
+            Self::Quit => Self::Okay,
+            _ => Self::Invalid,
+        }
+    }
+}