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NAME

Venus::Role::Serializable - Serializable Role

ABSTRACT

Serializable Role for Perl 5

SYNOPSIS

  package Example;

  use Venus::Class;

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';

  attr 'test';

  package main;

  my $example = Example->new(test => 123);

  # $example->serialize;

  # {test => 123}

DESCRIPTION

This package provides a mechanism for serializing objects or the return value of a dispatched method call.

METHODS

This package provides the following methods:

serialize

  serialize(string | coderef $code, any @args) (any)

The serialize method serializes the invocant or the return value of a dispatched method call, and returns the result.

Since 1.75

serialize example 1
  package Example1;

  use Venus::Class 'with';

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';

  sub ARGS {
    (@_[1..$#_])
  }

  sub DATA {
    [@_[1..$#_]]
  }

  package main;

  my $example1 = Example1->new(1..4);

  # bless([1..4], 'Example1')

  # my $result = $example1->serialize;

  # [1..4]
serialize example 2
  package Example2;

  use Venus::Class 'with';

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';

  sub ARGS {
    (@_[1..$#_])
  }

  sub DATA {
    sub{[@_[1..$#_]]}
  }

  package main;

  my $example2 = Example2->new(1..4);

  # bless(sub{[1..4]}, 'Example2')

  # my $result = $example2->serialize;

  # sub{...}
serialize example 3
  package Example3;

  use Venus::Class 'with';

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';

  sub ARGS {
    (@_[1..$#_])
  }

  sub DATA {
    qr{@{[join '', @_[1..$#_]]}};
  }

  package main;

  my $example3 = Example3->new(1..4);

  # bless(qr/1234/, 'Example3')

  # my $result = $example3->serialize;

  # qr/1234/u
serialize example 4
  package Example4;

  use Venus::Class 'with';

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';

  sub ARGS {
    (@_[1..$#_])
  }

  sub DATA {
    \join '', @_[1..$#_]
  }

  package main;

  my $example4 = Example4->new(1..4);

  # bless(\'1234', 'Example4')

  # my $result = $example4->serialize;

  # "1234"
serialize example 5
  package Example5;

  use Venus::Class 'with';

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';

  sub ARGS {
    (@_[1..$#_])
  }

  sub DATA {
    \(my $ref = \join '', @_[1..$#_])
  }

  package main;

  my $example5 = Example5->new(1..4);

  # bless(do{\(my $ref = \'1234')}, 'Example5')

  # my $result = $example5->serialize;

  # "1234"
serialize example 6
  package Example6;

  use Venus::Class 'base';

  base 'Venus::Array';

  package main;

  my $example6 = Example6->new([1..4]);

  # bless(..., 'Example6')

  # my $result = $example6->serialize;

  # [1..4]
serialize example 7
  package Example7;

  use Venus::Class 'base';

  base 'Venus::Path';

  package main;

  my $example7 = Example7->new('/path/to/somewhere');

  # bless(..., 'Example7')

  # my $result = $example7->serialize;

  # "/path/to/somewhere"
serialize example 8
  package Example8;

  use Venus::Class 'with';

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';
  with 'Venus::Role::Valuable';

  package main;

  my $example8 = Example8->new(value => 123);

  # bless(..., 'Example8')

  # my $result = $example8->serialize;

  # 123
serialize example 9
  package Example9;

  use Venus::Class 'base', 'with';

  base 'IO::Handle';

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';

  package main;

  my $example9 = Example9->new;

  # bless(..., 'Example9')

  # my $result = $example9->serialize;

  # Exception! (isa Venus::Error) is "on.serialize"
serialize example 10
  package Example10;

  use Venus::Class 'attr', 'with';

  with 'Venus::Role::Serializable';

  attr 'test';

  package main;

  use IO::Handle;

  my $example10 = Example10->new(test => IO::Handle->new);

  # bless(..., 'Example10')

  # my $result = $example10->serialize;

  # Exception! (isa Venus::Error) is "on.serialize.deconstruct"

AUTHORS

Awncorp, awncorp@cpan.org

LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2022, Awncorp, awncorp@cpan.org.

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Apache license version 2.0.