Generic term for parser/serializer [closed]

Decoding and encoding can be thought of as the same process, but in opposite directions. The generic word for a bidirectional encoder/decoder is “codec”:

a portmanteau of coder-decoder.

Parsing and serialization can also be thought of as the same process, but in opposite directions.

Is there an equivalent word to “codec”, but for the bidirectional process of parsing/serialization?


Though not really a word, serde (serialization + deserialization) is composed in pretty much the same manner as coder + decoder.

Several libraries use this name:

  • https://pypi.org/project/serde/
  • https://serde.rs/
  • https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/SerDe