Object I/O

Serializable objects are able to convert themselves to/from a series of primitive types. Programmers may then utilize the flexibility of the flow architecture to then store objects in various places, such as ASCII text files, binary files, in memory, or even over a network connection. By stacking and connecting filtering flows to an end flow, the possibilities are limitless. For an object to be serializable it must:

• Descend from scopira::tool::object.
• Implement scopira::tool::object::save and scopira::tool::object::load. When implementing these methods, descendants must first take care to call their parents save or load method, as the build process is recursive.
• Register themselves for serialization. This is done by instatiating a scopira::core::register_flow singleton in your .cpp file.

An example of scopira::core::register_flow:

#include <scopira/core/register.h>

class yournamespace::yourclass : public virtual scopira::tool::object
{
  public:
    virtual bool load(scopira::tool::iobjflow_i& in) {
      // load self from in
    }
    virtual void save(scopira::tool::oobjflow_i& out) const {
      // write self to out
    }
};

// place one of these in the .cpp file of your class
static scopira::core::register_flow<yournamespace::yourclass> r1("yournamespace::yourclass");