Pike v8.0 release 1738

Method lfun::_serialize()


Method _serialize

void _serialize(object o, function(mixed, string, type:void) serializer)

Description

Dispatch function for Serializer.serialize().

Parameter o

Object to serialize. Always a context of the current object.

Parameter serializer

Function to be called once for every variable to serialize.

The serializer function expects to be called with three arguments:

value - The value of the symbol.

symbol - The symbol name.

symbol_type - The type of the symbol.

Note

A default implementation of lfun::_serialize() and lfun::_deserialize() is available in Serializer.Serializable.

See also

lfun::_deserialize(), Serializer.serialize(), Serializer.Serializable()->_serialize()