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namespace OpenQA.Selenium.Internal;

/// <summary>
/// Defines the interface through which the framework can serialize an element to the wire protocol.
/// </summary>
internal interface IWebDriverObjectReference
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the internal ID of the WebDriver object.
    /// </summary>
    string ObjectReferenceId { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Converts an object into an object that represents an element for the wire protocol.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="Dictionary{TKey, TValue}"/> that represents an element in the wire protocol.</returns>
    Dictionary<string, object> ToDictionary();
}