Serialization

Module Description

The Serialization package provides a way to flatten objects, so they can be easily transported across communication boundaries or stored to disk. This object serialization mechanism includes two processes:

• Translation of an object or set of related objects in memory into a linear series of atomic events or tokens.
• Translation of such a series back into an equivalent object or set of related objects.

The classes, macros, and functions in the Serialization package help you to define serializable objects with a minimum of custom code, while retaining control over the formats and policies used. To make your C++ classes serializable, you instrument them with a small set of streaming macros. These macros encapsulate the details associated with streaming protocols, shielding your application from the implementation details but otherwise not affecting your application code. You have a choice of intrusive serialization for your own classes or external serialization for classes that you can't modify, such as classes from a third-party library. The Serialization package also includes a set of utility functions for streaming objects to and from various formats.

For complete information about the Serialization package, see the Advanced Tools Module User's Guide.

Classes
class	RWCompactObjectInputStreamImp
	Reads objects encoded in a compact format from the supplied RWDataInputStream. More...
class	RWCompactObjectOutputStreamImp
	Writes objects in a compact format to the supplied RWDataOutputStream. More...
class	RWDataFromVirtualInputStreamImp
	Adapter class that allows virtual input stream class RWvistream to be used where data input stream class RWDataInputStream is required. More...
class	RWDataToVirtualOutputStreamImp
	Adapter class that allows virtual output stream class RWvostream to be used where data output stream class RWDataOutputStream is required. More...
class	RWObjectInputStream
	Handle class for object input stream implementation classes. More...
class	RWObjectInputStreamImp
	Base class for all object input stream implementations. More...
class	RWObjectOutputStream
	Handle class for all the object output stream implementation classes. More...
class	RWObjectOutputStreamImp
	Base class for all object output stream implementations. More...
class	RWTInsertProxy< T >
	Proxy object for inserting objects with an instance name into object streams. More...
class	RWWithObjectInputContext
	Represents a guard object that opens and closes a context within a lexical scope for input streams. More...
class	RWWithObjectOutputContext
	Represents a guard object that opens and closes a context within a lexical scope for output streams. More...

Modules
	Serialization Macros

Enumerations
enum	RWStreamType {   RW_UNSUPPORTED, RW_CHAR, RW_WCHAR_T, RW_UNSIGNED_CHAR,   RW_DOUBLE, RW_FLOAT, RW_INT, RW_UNSIGNED_INT,   RW_LONG, RW_UNSIGNED_LONG, RW_SHORT, RW_UNSIGNED_SHORT,   RW_STRING, RW_DATE, RW_OBJECT, RW_NESTED_OBJECT,   RW_BOOL, RW_LONG_DOUBLE, RW_LONG_LONG, RW_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG,   RW_ID, RW_IDREF, RW_DECIMAL_PORTABLE, RW_DATETIME,   RW_NAMESPACE, RW_TYPE, RW_SEQ, RW_SEQ_ELEMENT,   RW_ASSOC, RW_ASSOC_ELEMENT }

Functions
void	rwTranslateAssoc (RWObjectInputStream &istrm, RWObjectOutputStream &ostrm)
void	rwTranslateObject (RWObjectInputStream &istrm, RWObjectOutputStream &ostrm)
void	rwTranslateObjectPointer (RWObjectInputStream &istrm, RWObjectOutputStream &ostrm)
void	rwTranslateSequence (RWObjectInputStream &istrm, RWObjectOutputStream &ostrm)

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum RWStreamType

Constants used to encode simplified type information within annotated object streams.

Enumerator
RW_UNSUPPORTED	= 0
RW_CHAR	= 1
RW_WCHAR_T	= 2
RW_UNSIGNED_CHAR	= 3
RW_DOUBLE	= 4
RW_FLOAT	= 5
RW_INT	= 6
RW_UNSIGNED_INT	= 7
RW_LONG	= 8
RW_UNSIGNED_LONG	= 9
RW_SHORT	= 10
RW_UNSIGNED_SHORT	= 11
RW_STRING	= 12
RW_DATE	= 13
RW_OBJECT	= 14
RW_NESTED_OBJECT	= 15
RW_BOOL	= 16
RW_LONG_DOUBLE	= 17
RW_LONG_LONG	= 18
RW_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG	= 19
RW_ID	= 20
RW_IDREF	= 21
RW_DECIMAL_PORTABLE	= 22
RW_DATETIME	= 23
RW_NAMESPACE	= 30
RW_TYPE	= 40
RW_SEQ	= 100
RW_SEQ_ELEMENT	= 101
RW_ASSOC	= 10000
RW_ASSOC_ELEMENT	= 10001

Function Documentation

void rwTranslateAssoc	(	RWObjectInputStream &	istrm,
		RWObjectOutputStream &	ostrm
	)

Header File

#include <rw/serial/objectStreamTranslate.h>

Global function that reads from an annotated object input stream, and outputs to an object output stream. Not required to be annotated.

Reads a serialized mapping (hash dictionary) from istrm and writes it out to ostrm.

void rwTranslateObject	(	RWObjectInputStream &	istrm,
		RWObjectOutputStream &	ostrm
	)

Header File

#include <rw/serial/objectStreamTranslate.h>

Global function that reads from an annotated object input stream, and outputs to an object output stream. Not required to be annotated.

Reads a serialized object value from istrm and writes it out to ostrm.

void rwTranslateObjectPointer	(	RWObjectInputStream &	istrm,
		RWObjectOutputStream &	ostrm
	)

Header File

#include <rw/serial/objectStreamTranslate.h>

Global function that reads from an annotated object input stream, and outputs to an object output stream. Not required to be annotated.

Reads a serialized object pointer from istrm and writes it out to ostrm.

void rwTranslateSequence	(	RWObjectInputStream &	istrm,
		RWObjectOutputStream &	ostrm
	)

Header File

#include <rw/serial/objectStreamTranslate.h>

Global function that reads from an annotated object input stream, and outputs to an object output stream. Not required to be annotated.

Reads a serialized sequence from istrm and writes it out to ostrm.