manes/ods/serialized_object.h

   1 #ifndef _SERIALIZED_OBJECT_H_
   2 #define _SERIALIZED_OBJECT_H_
   3
   4 namespace manes {
   5         namespace ods {
   6                 /**
   7                  * @brief Serialized object
   8                  *
   9                  * @details This is a base class for all serialized types of
  10                  * data supported by ODS.
  11                  */
  12                 class serialized_object {
  13                 public:
  14
  15                         /**
  16                          * Creates buffer of bytes coinating this object.
  17                          * @return object represented as buffer of bytes
  18                          */
  19                         virtual buffer to_mem() const;
  20
  21                         /**
  22                          * Creates an instance of serialized_object from
  23                          * provided buffer of bytes.
  24                          * @param buf buffer of bytes
  25                          * @return decoded object
  26                          */
  27                         static serialized_object from_mem(const buffer &buf) const;
  28                 };
  29         }
  30 }
  31
  32 #endif