/* * * Copyright 2015 gRPC authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * */ #ifndef GRPCPP_IMPL_CODEGEN_SERIALIZATION_TRAITS_H #define GRPCPP_IMPL_CODEGEN_SERIALIZATION_TRAITS_H namespace grpc { /// Defines how to serialize and deserialize some type. /// /// Used for hooking different message serialization API's into GRPC. /// Each SerializationTraits implementation must provide the /// following functions: /// 1. static Status Serialize(const Message& msg, /// ByteBuffer* buffer, /// bool* own_buffer); /// OR /// static Status Serialize(const Message& msg, /// grpc_byte_buffer** buffer, /// bool* own_buffer); /// The former is preferred; the latter is deprecated /// /// 2. static Status Deserialize(ByteBuffer* buffer, /// Message* msg); /// OR /// static Status Deserialize(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer, /// Message* msg); /// The former is preferred; the latter is deprecated /// /// Serialize is required to convert message to a ByteBuffer, and /// return that byte buffer through *buffer. *own_buffer should /// be set to true if the caller owns said byte buffer, or false if /// ownership is retained elsewhere. /// /// Deserialize is required to convert buffer into the message stored at /// msg. max_receive_message_size is passed in as a bound on the maximum /// number of message bytes Deserialize should accept. /// /// Both functions return a Status, allowing them to explain what went /// wrong if required. template class SerializationTraits; } // namespace grpc #endif // GRPCPP_IMPL_CODEGEN_SERIALIZATION_TRAITS_H