StandardSerializer

class ReflectExport( reflect ) StandardSerializer : public Serializer

A basic ascii text serializer.

StandardSerializer	A basic ascii text serializer.
Functions
Begin	Writes a serialization start tag.
End	Writes a serialization end tag, see Begin.
Serialize(bool)	Writes “true”/”false”.
Serialize(long)	Writes “%ld”, e.g., 3 -> “3”
Serialize(unsigned long)	Writes “0x%lX”, e.g., 32u -> “0x20”
Serialize(double)	Writes “%#g”.
Serialize(const Dynamic *obj)	Writes “#<<obj->GetClass()->GetCategory()->Name()>>” and then defers to obj->GetClass()->GetCategory()->SerializeDynamic(obj, Reflector(*this)).
Reference(const Dynamic *object)	Writes “@<<count>>” where count is the number of references made so far.
SerializeText	Writes nbytes of text as a string with quotes around it and some standard escapes.
SerializeData	Serializes nbytes of data as hex pairs A3 45 23 8F ...
SerializeEnum	Writes the enum value as a bare string (no quotes).
SerializeProperty	Writes the property by deferring to its Property::Serialize method.

Functions

Begin

bool Begin( const SerializationTag & )

Writes a serialization start tag.

Tags are written in the following formats

OBJECT	”(<<type>> ... )”
PROPERTY	”$<<name>>= ... ;”
ATTRIBUTE	”[<<name>>= ... ]”
ITEM	”{ ... }”

End

bool End( const SerializationTag & )

Writes a serialization end tag, see Begin.

Serialize(bool)

bool Serialize( bool )

Writes “true”/”false”.

Serialize(long)

bool Serialize( long )

Writes “%ld”, e.g., 3 -> “3”

Serialize(unsigned long)

bool Serialize( unsigned long )

Writes “0x%lX”, e.g., 32u -> “0x20”

Serialize(double)

bool Serialize( double )

Writes “%#g”. e.g., 3 -> “3.0”

Serialize(const Dynamic *obj)

bool Serialize( const Dynamic * object )

Writes “#<<obj->GetClass()->GetCategory()->Name()>>” and then defers to obj->GetClass()->GetCategory()->SerializeDynamic(obj, Reflector(*this)).

For instance, a Class * would serializes as

#Class "<<name of class>>"

and a persistent object would serialize as

#Persistent
  (<<type of object>>
     $x = 34;
     $s = "hello";
  )

Reference(const Dynamic *object)

bool Reference( const Dynamic * object )

Writes “@<<count>>” where count is the number of references made so far.

SerializeText

bool SerializeText( const char * text,
unsigned nbytes )

Writes nbytes of text as a string with quotes around it and some standard escapes.

SerializeData

bool SerializeData( const void * data,
unsigned nbytes )

Serializes nbytes of data as hex pairs A3 45 23 8F ...

SerializeEnum

bool SerializeEnum( int value,
const EnumType * clazz )

Writes the enum value as a bare string (no quotes). If the enum value is not mapped in clazz it serializes as an unsigned number.

SerializeProperty

bool SerializeProperty( const void * object,
const Property * prop )

Writes the property by deferring to its Property::Serialize method. TODO: Figure out how/if this can prevent slicing when using CompositeSerializers.