TextSerializer.serialize Member
serialize(object)
Syntax
object.serialize(obj);
Arguments
| Argument | Summary |
|---|---|
| obj |
Returns
Remarks
Serializes a single object into the file stream. All properties of the object are stored in the stream, including properties that contain other objects.
See Also
Source Code
function ts_serialize(obj)
{
if (!this._open)
this.open(">");
if (!ASSERT(this._open, "Unable to open the file for writing!"))
return;
var me = this;
function writeObjProps(o, indent)
{
function writeProp(name, val)
{
me._fileStream.write(indent + "\"" + ecmaEscape(name) + "\" " + val +
me.lineEnd);
};
for (var p in o)
{
switch (typeof o[p])
{
case "string":
writeProp(p, '"' + ecmaEscape(o[p]) + '"');
break;
case "number":
case "boolean":
case "null": // (just in case)
case "undefined":
// These all serialise to what we want.
writeProp(p, o[p]);
break;
case "function":
if (isinstance(o[p], RegExp))
writeProp(p, ecmaEscape("" + o[p]));
// Can't serialize non-RegExp functions (yet).
break;
case "object":
if (o[p] == null)
{
// typeof null == "object", just to catch us out.
writeProp(p, "null");
}
else
{
var className = "";
if (isinstance(o[p], Array))
className = "<Array> ";
me._fileStream.write(indent + "START " + className +
ecmaEscape(p) + me.lineEnd);
writeObjProps(o[p], indent + " ");
me._fileStream.write(indent + "END" + me.lineEnd);
}
break;
default:
// Can't handle anything else!
}
}
};
if (isinstance(obj, Array))
this._fileStream.write("START <Array>" + this.lineEnd);
else
this._fileStream.write("START" + this.lineEnd);
writeObjProps(obj, " ");
this._fileStream.write("END" + this.lineEnd);
}