GHC.Serialized

ghc-boot-8.6.3: Shared functionality between GHC and its boot libraries

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Language | Haskell2010

GHC.Serialized

Contents

- Main Serialized data type
- Going into and out of `Serialized`
- Handy serialization functions

Synopsis

- data Serialized = Serialized TypeRep [Word8]
- toSerialized :: forall a. Typeable a => (a -> [Word8]) -> a -> Serialized
- fromSerialized :: forall a. Typeable a => ([Word8] -> a) -> Serialized -> Maybe a
- serializeWithData :: Data a => a -> [Word8]
- deserializeWithData :: Data a => [Word8] -> a

# Main Serialized data type

data Serialized #

Represents a serialized value of a particular type. Attempts can be made to deserialize it at certain types

Constructors

Serialized TypeRep [Word8] |

# Going into and out of `Serialized`

toSerialized :: forall a. Typeable a => (a -> [Word8]) -> a -> Serialized #

Put a Typeable value that we are able to actually turn into bytes into a `Serialized` value ready for deserialization later

fromSerialized :: forall a. Typeable a => ([Word8] -> a) -> Serialized -> Maybe a #

If the `Serialized` value contains something of the given type, then use the specified deserializer to return `Just` that. Otherwise return `Nothing`.

# Handy serialization functions

serializeWithData :: Data a => a -> [Word8] #

Use a `Data` instance to implement a serialization scheme dual to that of `deserializeWithData`

deserializeWithData :: Data a => [Word8] -> a #

Use a `Data` instance to implement a deserialization scheme dual to that of `serializeWithData`