Changeset 275 for trunk

Timestamp:

Mar 6, 2006, 2:07:23 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

cxsong

Message:

added functions and modified prototype of some

File:

• trunk/src/mesh/serializable.h (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/mesh/serializable.h

@@ -3 +3 @@
 
 //
-// class implementing the serialization of various types
+// base class for serializable rappture objects
 //
-
 class RpSerializable {
 public:
-        // constructors
-        RpSerializable();
+        // return object name (e.g., output.field(f1d))
+        virtual const char* objectName() = 0;
 
-        static void serialize(char& buf, int d);
-        static void serialize(char& buf, double d);
-        static void serialize(char& buf, double& buf, int nitems);
-        static void serialize(char& buf, const char* str, int len);
+        // return object type (e.g., FIELD, MESH3D)
+        virtual const char* objectType() = 0;
+
+        // object marshalling
+        virtual void serialize() = 0;
+
+        // object unmarshalling
+        virtual void deserialize() = 0;
+
+        virtual int size() = 0;
+        virtual int numBytes() = 0;
 };