gecko/netwerk/base/src/nsSerializationHelper.h

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/** @file
 * Helper functions for (de)serializing objects to/from ASCII strings.
 */

#ifndef NSSERIALIZATIONHELPER_H_
#define NSSERIALIZATIONHELPER_H_

#include "nsStringFwd.h"
#include "nsISerializationHelper.h"

class nsISerializable;
class nsISupports;

/**
 * Serialize an object to an ASCII string.
 */
nsresult NS_SerializeToString(nsISerializable* obj,
                              nsCSubstring& str);

/**
 * Deserialize an object.
 */
nsresult NS_DeserializeObject(const nsCSubstring& str,
                              nsISupports** obj);

class nsSerializationHelper : public nsISerializationHelper
{
  NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
  NS_DECL_NSISERIALIZATIONHELPER
};

#endif