diff --git a/src/coffi/ffi.clj b/src/coffi/ffi.clj
index 56ff6ed..2355bc6 100644
--- a/src/coffi/ffi.clj
+++ b/src/coffi/ffi.clj
@@ -1 +1,105 @@
-(ns coffi.ffi)
+(ns coffi.ffi
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [defstruct])
+  (:import
+   (java.lang.invoke VarHandle)
+   (jdk.incubator.foreign
+    MemoryAccess
+    MemoryAddress
+    MemoryHandles
+    MemoryLayout
+    MemoryLayout$PathElement
+    MemoryLayouts
+    MemorySegment
+    FunctionDescriptor)))
+
+(defmulti serialize*
+  "Writes a serialized version of the `obj` to the given `segment`.
+
+  Any new allocations made during the serialization should be tied to the given
+  `scope`, except in extenuating circumstances."
+  (fn [type obj segment scope]
+    type))
+
+(defmulti deserialize
+  "Deserializes the given object into a Clojure data structure."
+  (fn [type obj]
+    type))
+
+(defmulti size-of
+  "The size in bytes of the given `type`."
+  (fn [type] type))
+
+(defmethod size-of ::byte
+  [type]
+  Byte/SIZE)
+
+(defmethod size-of ::short
+  [type]
+  Short/SIZE)
+
+(defmethod size-of ::integer
+  [type]
+  Integer/SIZE)
+
+(defmethod size-of ::long
+  [type]
+  Long/SIZE)
+
+(defmethod size-of ::long-long
+  [type]
+  Long/SIZE)
+
+(defmethod size-of ::char
+  [type]
+  Byte/SIZE)
+
+(defmethod size-of ::float
+  [type]
+  Float/SIZE)
+
+(defmethod size-of ::double
+  [type]
+  Double/SIZE)
+
+(defmethod size-of ::pointer
+  [type]
+  (.byteSize MemoryLayouts/ADDRESS))
+
+(def c-layout
+  "Map of primitive type names to the [[CLinker]] types for a method handle."
+  {::byte CLinker/C_CHAR
+   ::short CLinker/C_SHORT
+   ::integer CLinker/C_INT
+   ::long CLinker/C_LONG
+   ::long-long CLinker/C_LONG_LONG
+   ::char CLinker/C_CHAR
+   ::float CLinker/C_FLOAT
+   ::double CLinker/C_DOUBLE
+   ::pointer CLinker/C_POINTER})
+
+(def java-layout
+  "Map of primitive type names to the Java types for a method handle."
+  {::byte Byte/TYPE
+   ::short Short/TYPE
+   ::integer Integer/TYPE
+   ::long Long/TYPE
+   ::long-long Long/TYPE
+   ::char Byte/TYPE
+   ::float Float/TYPE
+   ::double Double/TYPE
+   ::pointer MemoryAddress})
+
+(defn alloc
+  "Allocates `size` bytes."
+  ([size] (alloc size (ResourceScope/newImplicitScope)))
+  ([size scope] (MemorySegment/allocateNative size scope)))
+
+(defn alloc-instance
+  "Allocates a memory segment for the given `type`."
+  ([type] (alloc-instance type (ResourceScope/newImplicitScope)))
+  ([type scope] (MemorySegment/allocateNative (size-of type) scope)))
+
+(defn serialize
+  "Serializes the `obj` into a newly-allocated [[MemorySegment]]."
+  ([type obj] (serialize type obj (ResourceScope/newImplicitScope)))
+  ([type obj scope] (serialize* type obj (alloc-instance type scope) scope)))