sdrangel/sdrbase/settings/serializable.h

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// Copyright (C) 2017 Edouard Griffiths, F4EXB.                                  //
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#ifndef SDRBASE_SETTINGS_SERIALIZABLE_H_
#define SDRBASE_SETTINGS_SERIALIZABLE_H_

namespace SWGSDRangel {
    class SWGObject;
}

#include <QStringList>

class Serializable
{
public:
    virtual ~Serializable() {}
    virtual QByteArray serialize() const = 0; //!< Serialize to inary
    virtual bool deserialize(const QByteArray& data) = 0; //!< Deserialize from binary
    virtual void formatTo(SWGSDRangel::SWGObject *swgObject) const = 0; //!< Serialize to API
    virtual void updateFrom(const QStringList& keys, const SWGSDRangel::SWGObject *swgObject) = 0; //!< Deserialize from API
};

#endif /* SDRBASE_SETTINGS_SERIALIZABLE_H_ */