Teuchos_Serializer.hpp

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#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