Teuchos_Serializer.hpp

// @HEADER
// *****************************************************************************
//                    Teuchos: Common Tools Package
//
// Copyright 2004 NTESS and the Teuchos contributors.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
// *****************************************************************************
// @HEADER
 
#ifndef TEUCHOS_SERIALIZER_HPP
#define TEUCHOS_SERIALIZER_HPP
 
#include "Teuchos_RCP.hpp"
 
namespace Teuchos {
 
template<typename Ordinal, typename T>
class Serializer {
public:
 
  virtual ~Serializer() {}
 
  virtual Ordinal getBufferSize(const Ordinal count) const = 0;
 
  virtual void serialize(
    const Ordinal          count
    ,const T * const       objs[]
    ,const Ordinal         bytes
    ,char                  charBuffer[]
    ) const = 0;
 
  // const ArrayView<const Ptr<const T> >& objs
  // std::ostream& oStream
 
  virtual RCP<T> createObj() const = 0;
 
  virtual void deserialize(
    const Ordinal         bytes
    ,const char           charBuffer[]
    ,const Ordinal        count
    ,T * const            objs[]
    ) const = 0;
 
  // const ArrayView<const Ptr<T> >& objs
  // std::istream& iStream
 
};
 
} // namespace Teuchos
 
#endif // TEUCHOS_SERIALIZER_HPP