defmodule Membrane.Buffer do
  @moduledoc """
  Structure representing a single chunk of data that flows between elements.

  For now, it is just a wrapper around bitstring with optionally some metadata
  attached to it, but in future releases we plan to support different payload
  types.
  """

  alias __MODULE__
  alias Membrane.Payload

  @type metadata_t :: map

  @type t :: %Buffer{
          payload: Payload.t(),
          metadata: metadata_t
        }

  @enforce_keys [:payload]
  defstruct payload: nil,
            metadata: Map.new()
end