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#ifndef __GEMFIRE_SERIALIZABLE_H__
#define __GEMFIRE_SERIALIZABLE_H__ 
/*=========================================================================
 * (c) Copyright 2002-2007, GemStone Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1260 NW Waterhouse Ave., Suite 200,  Beaverton, OR 97006
 *========================================================================
 */

#include "gfcpp_globals.hpp"
#include "gf_types.hpp"

namespace gemfire
{

class DataOutput;
class DataInput;

typedef Serializable* ( *TypeFactoryMethod ) ();

class CPPCACHE_EXPORT Serializable : public SharedBase
{

public:

  virtual void toData( DataOutput& output ) const = 0;

  virtual Serializable* fromData( DataInput& input ) = 0;

  virtual int8_t classId( ) const = 0;

  virtual int8_t typeId( ) const;

  virtual uint32_t objectSize() const = 0;

  static void registerType( TypeFactoryMethod creationFunction );

  virtual CacheableStringPtr toString( ) const;

  template< class PRIM >
  inline static SerializablePtr create( const PRIM value )
  {
    return createValue( value );
  }

  virtual ~Serializable()
  {}

protected:

  Serializable()
: SharedBase()
  {}

private:

  // Never defined.
  Serializable( const Serializable& other );
  void operator = ( const Serializable& other );

};

} //namespace gemfire

#endif //ifndef __GEMFIRE_SERIALIZABLE_H__

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