# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright © 2018, 2019 Damir Jelić <poljar@termina.org.uk>
# Copyright © 2019 miruka <miruka@disroot.org>
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# TODO: use abc.ABC when we drop py2
class EventBuilder:
    """The base class for event builders, should not be instancied."""

    def as_dict(self):
        """Format the event as a dictionary, to be sent to the server."""
        raise NotImplementedError()
