netwerk/base/src/nsSerializationHelper.h

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  37
  38 /** @file
  39  * Helper functions for (de)serializing objects to/from ASCII strings.
  40  */
  41
  42 #ifndef NSSERIALIZATIONHELPER_H_
  43 #define NSSERIALIZATIONHELPER_H_
  44
  45 #include "nsStringFwd.h"
  46
  47 class nsISerializable;
  48 class nsISupports;
  49
  50 /**
  51  * Serialize an object to an ASCII string.
  52  */
  53 nsresult NS_SerializeToString(nsISerializable* obj,
  54                               nsCSubstring& str);
  55
  56 /**
  57  * Deserialize an object.
  58  */
  59 nsresult NS_DeserializeObject(const nsCSubstring& str,
  60                               nsISupports** obj);
  61
  62 #endif