grpc/include/grpc++/impl/serialization_traits.h

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#ifndef GRPCXX_IMPL_SERIALIZATION_TRAITS_H
#define GRPCXX_IMPL_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:
///   static Status Serialize(const Message& msg,
///                           grpc_byte_buffer** buffer, 
//                            bool* own_buffer);
///   static Status Deserialize(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer,
///                             Message* msg,
///                             int max_message_size);
///
/// Serialize is required to convert message to a grpc_byte_buffer, and
/// to store a pointer to that byte buffer at *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_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 Message,
          class UnusedButHereForPartialTemplateSpecialization = void>
class SerializationTraits;

}  // namespace grpc

#endif  // GRPCXX_IMPL_SERIALIZATION_TRAITS_H