Interface SerializationAdapter<Value, Payload>

Adapter that serializes/deserializes Value as a Payload.

interface SerializationAdapter<Value, Payload> {
    tag: number;
    canPack(value: any, options: Readonly<SerializationOptions>): boolean;
    hydrate?(value: Value, payload: Payload, options: Readonly<SerializationOptions>): void;
    pack(value: Value, options: Readonly<SerializationOptions>): undefined | Payload;
    unpack(payload: Dehydrated<Payload>, options: Readonly<SerializationOptions>): Value;
}

Type Parameters

Value = any
The value to serialize.
Payload = any
The payload that describes Value.

Index

Properties

Methods

canPack hydrate? pack unpack

Properties

tag

tag: number

The integer tag of the value type.

Tags must be unique among adapters that participate in serialization.

Methods

canPack

canPack(value, options): boolean
Returns true if the adapter can pack the value.
Parameters
- value: any
  The value to get the type tag of.
- options: Readonly<SerializationOptions>
  Serialization options.
Returns boolean

`Optional`hydrate

hydrate(value, payload, options): void
Hydrates the value that was previously returned from the unpack method.
Parameters
- value: Value
  The value returned from the unpack method.
- payload: Payload
  The hydrated payload.
- options: Readonly<SerializationOptions>
  Serialization options.
Returns void

pack

pack(value, options): undefined | Payload
Converts value into a serializable payload.

The returned payload is dehydrated before serialization, so it can contain complex data structures and cyclic references. If the value itself is returned from this method, then the serialization would proceed as if adapter wasn't applied.

If undefined is returned then value isn't serialized.
Parameters
- value: Value
  The value for which a payload must be produced.
- options: Readonly<SerializationOptions>
  Serialization options.
Returns undefined | Payload
The payload that is dehydrated and serialized.

unpack

unpack(payload, options): Value
Returns the shallow value to which circular references from the payload may point.
Parameters
- payload: Dehydrated<Payload>
  The payload that isn't hydrated yet (references aren't resolved yet).
- options: Readonly<SerializationOptions>
  Serialization options.
Returns Value