manes/ods/object_serializer.h

   1 #ifndef _OBJECT_SERIALIZER_H_
   2 #define _OBJECT_SERIALIZER_H_
   3
   4 namespace manes {
   5         namespace ods {
   6                 /**
   7                  * @brief Object serializer
   8                  *
   9                  * @details This is a base class of all serializers that are
  10                  * able to marshall all, or only specific ods::object subclasses.
  11                  */
  12                 class object_serializer {
  13                 public:
  14                         /**
  15                          * Serialize object
  16                          * @param obj object that is to be serialized
  17                          * @return serialized object, ready to be sent
  18                          */
  19                         virtual serialized_object serialize(p<object> obj) = 0;
  20
  21                         /**
  22                          * Deserialize object
  23                          * @param buf serialized data
  24                          * @return ready to use object
  25                          */
  26                         virtual p<object> deserialize(const serialized_object &buf) = 0;
  27                 };
  28         }
  29 }
  30
  31 #endif