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+#ifndef PRISM_INTERNAL_SERIALIZE_H
+#define PRISM_INTERNAL_SERIALIZE_H
+
+#include "prism/internal/encoding.h"
+#include "prism/internal/list.h"
+
+#include "prism/ast.h"
+#include "prism/buffer.h"
+#include "prism/excludes.h"
+#include "prism/parser.h"
+
+/* We optionally support serializing to a binary string. For systems that do not
+ * want or need this functionality, it can be turned off with the
+ * PRISM_EXCLUDE_SERIALIZATION define. */
+#ifndef PRISM_EXCLUDE_SERIALIZATION
+
+/*
+ * Serialize the given list of comments to the given buffer.
+ */
+void pm_serialize_comment_list(pm_list_t *list, pm_buffer_t *buffer);
+
+/*
+ * Serialize the name of the encoding to the buffer.
+ */
+void pm_serialize_encoding(const pm_encoding_t *encoding, pm_buffer_t *buffer);
+
+/*
+ * Serialize the encoding, metadata, nodes, and constant pool.
+ */
+void pm_serialize_content(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_t *node, pm_buffer_t *buffer);
+
+#endif
+
+#endif