serializable.h

/* Copyright (c) 2016, Human Brain Project
 *                     Stefan.Eilemann@epfl.ch
 *
 * This file is part of Servus <https://github.com/HBPVIS/Servus>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 as published
 * by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
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 *
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 * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 */

#ifndef SERVUS_SERIALIZABLE_H
#define SERVUS_SERIALIZABLE_H

#include <servus/api.h>
#include <servus/types.h>

#ifdef SERVUS_USE_CXX03
#  include <boost/function/function0.hpp>
#  include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#else
#  include <functional> // function
#  include <memory> // shared_ptr
#endif

namespace servus
{

class Serializable
{
public:
    SERVUS_API Serializable();
    SERVUS_API virtual ~Serializable();

    struct Data
    {
        Data() : size ( 0 ) {}
#ifdef SERVUS_USE_CXX03
        boost::shared_ptr< const void > ptr; 
#else
        std::shared_ptr< const void > ptr; 
#endif
        size_t size; 
    };

    virtual std::string getTypeName() const = 0;

    SERVUS_API virtual uint128_t getTypeIdentifier() const;

    SERVUS_API bool fromBinary( const Data& data );
    SERVUS_API bool fromBinary( const void* data, const size_t size );

    SERVUS_API Data toBinary() const;

    SERVUS_API bool fromJSON( const std::string& json );

    SERVUS_API std::string toJSON() const;

#ifdef SERVUS_USE_CXX03
    typedef boost::function< void() > DeserializedCallback;
    typedef boost::function< void() > SerializeCallback;
#else
    typedef std::function< void() > DeserializedCallback;
    typedef std::function< void() > SerializeCallback;
#endif

    SERVUS_API void registerDeserializedCallback(
            const DeserializedCallback& callback );

    SERVUS_API void registerSerializeCallback(
            const SerializeCallback& callback );

private:
    virtual bool _fromBinary( const void* /*data*/, const size_t /*size*/ )
        { throw std::runtime_error( "Binary deserialization not implemented" );}
    virtual Data _toBinary() const
        { throw std::runtime_error( "Binary serialization not implemented" ); }

    virtual bool _fromJSON( const std::string& /*json*/ )
        { throw std::runtime_error( "JSON deserialization not implemented" ); }
    virtual std::string _toJSON() const
        { throw std::runtime_error( "JSON serialization not implemented" ); }

    Serializable( const Serializable& );
    Serializable& operator=( const Serializable& );
#ifdef SERVUS_USE_CXX11
    Serializable( Serializable&& ) = delete;
    Serializable& operator=( Serializable&& ) = delete;
#endif

    class Impl;
    Impl* _impl;
};

}

#endif // SERVUS_SERIALIZABLE_H