class RubySerial::Serializer

Constants

DEFAULT_VERSION: Default encoding version (should be the last one)

Public Class Methods

new(obj, options = {}) click to toggle source

Constructor

Parameters

obj (Object): Ruby object to serialize
options (map<Symbol,Object>): Options [default = {}]
- :version (String): The version to be used to encode

# File lib/ruby-serial/serializer.rb, line 14
def initialize(obj, options = {})
  @version = (options[:version] || DEFAULT_VERSION)
  @obj = obj
  # Map of objects ID, with their corresponding number of shared objects among their descendants (those having 0 share nothing)
  # map< ObjectID, NbrSharedObjects >
  @objs = {}
  # Map of shared objects' associated to a boolean indicating whether they have already been serialized or not
  @shared_objs = {}
end

Public Instance Methods

dump() click to toggle source

Serialize the object

Result

String: The object serialized

# File lib/ruby-serial/serializer.rb, line 28
def dump
  serializer = nil
  begin
    require "ruby-serial/versions/#{@version}/serializer"
    serializer = eval("RubySerial::Serializer::Versions::Version_#{@version}")::Serializer.new
  rescue
    raise "Unknown serializer version #{@version}: #{$!}"
  end

  return "#{@version}\x00#{serializer.pack_data(@obj)}".force_encoding(Encoding::BINARY)
end