Source code for openstack_dashboard.openstack.common.rpc.serializer

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"""Provides the definition of an RPC serialization handler"""

import abc


[docs]class Serializer(object): """Generic (de-)serialization definition base class.""" __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta @abc.abstractmethod
[docs] def serialize_entity(self, context, entity): """Serialize something to primitive form. :param context: Security context :param entity: Entity to be serialized :returns: Serialized form of entity """ pass
@abc.abstractmethod
[docs] def deserialize_entity(self, context, entity): """Deserialize something from primitive form. :param context: Security context :param entity: Primitive to be deserialized :returns: Deserialized form of entity """ pass
[docs]class NoOpSerializer(Serializer): """A serializer that does nothing."""
[docs] def serialize_entity(self, context, entity): return entity
[docs] def deserialize_entity(self, context, entity): return entity