paradiseo/eo/src/serial/Serializable.h

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/*
(c) Thales group, 2012
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
version 2 of the License.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Contact: http://eodev.sourceforge.net
Authors:
Benjamin Bouvier <benjamin.bouvier@gmail.com>
*/
# ifndef __EOSERIAL_SERIALIZABLE_H__
# define __EOSERIAL_SERIALIZABLE_H__
namespace eoserial
{
class Object; // to avoid recursive inclusion with JsonObject
/**
* @brief Interface showing that object can be written to a eoserial type
* (currently JSON).
*
* @ingroup Serialization
*/
class Printable
{
public:
/**
* @brief Serializes the object to JSON format.
* @return A JSON object created with new.
*/
virtual eoserial::Object* pack() const = 0;
};
/**
* @brief Interface showing that object can be eoserialized (written and read
* from an input).
*
* Note : Persistent objects should have a default non-arguments constructor.
*
* @ingroup Serialization
*/
class Persistent : public Printable
{
public:
/**
* @brief Loads class fields from a JSON object.
* @param json A JSON object. Programmer doesn't have to delete it, it
* is automatically done.
*/
virtual void unpack(const eoserial::Object* json) = 0;
};
} // namespace eoserial
# endif // __EOSERIAL_SERIALIZABLE_H__