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+import { DataItem } from 'ethereum-types';
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+
+import { Calldata, CalldataBlock, RawCalldata } from '../calldata';
+import { DecodingRules, EncodingRules } from '../utils/rules';
+
+import { DataTypeFactory } from './interfaces';
+
+export abstract class DataType {
+    private static readonly _DEFAULT_ENCODING_RULES: EncodingRules = { optimize: false, annotate: false };
+    private static readonly _DEFAULT_DECODING_RULES: DecodingRules = { structsAsObjects: false };
+    private readonly _dataItem: DataItem;
+    private readonly _factory: DataTypeFactory;
+
+    constructor(dataItem: DataItem, factory: DataTypeFactory) {
+        this._dataItem = dataItem;
+        this._factory = factory;
+    }
+
+    public getDataItem(): DataItem {
+        return this._dataItem;
+    }
+
+    public getFactory(): DataTypeFactory {
+        return this._factory;
+    }
+
+    public encode(value: any, rules?: EncodingRules, selector?: string): string {
+        const rules_ = rules ? rules : DataType._DEFAULT_ENCODING_RULES;
+        const calldata = new Calldata(rules_);
+        if (selector) {
+            calldata.setSelector(selector);
+        }
+        const block = this.generateCalldataBlock(value);
+        calldata.setRoot(block); // @TODO CHANGE
+        const calldataHex = calldata.toHexString();
+        return calldataHex;
+    }
+
+    public decode(calldata: string, rules?: DecodingRules, hasSelector: boolean = false): any {
+        const rawCalldata = new RawCalldata(calldata, hasSelector);
+        const rules_ = rules ? rules : DataType._DEFAULT_DECODING_RULES;
+        const value = this.generateValue(rawCalldata, rules_);
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public abstract generateCalldataBlock(value: any, parentBlock?: CalldataBlock): CalldataBlock;
+    public abstract generateValue(calldata: RawCalldata, rules: DecodingRules): any;
+    public abstract getSignature(): string;
+    public abstract isStatic(): boolean;
+}