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authorPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2017-07-07 15:48:13 -0700
committerPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2020-01-02 11:05:27 -0800
commitca33451535dc29f64d37c49af8b22142d7716d0d (patch)
treea9a7595ae18527643bdd5a434cb8ce3d6ebc66cf /src/serialize.h
parent3f8dbcd655479ce2e564a8b17139aca19888ca79 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-ca33451535dc29f64d37c49af8b22142d7716d0d.tar.xz
Introduce new serialization macros without casts
This new approach uses a static method which takes the object as a argument. This has the advantage that its constness can be a template parameter, allowing a single implementation that sees the object as const for serialization and non-const for deserialization, without casts. More boilerplate is included in the new macro as well.
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diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h
index c84a1567f1..c9e994f844 100644
--- a/src/serialize.h
+++ b/src/serialize.h
@@ -199,6 +199,30 @@ template<typename X> const X& ReadWriteAsHelper(const X& x) { return x; }
SerializationOp(s, CSerActionUnserialize()); \
}
+/**
+ * Implement the Serialize and Unserialize methods by delegating to a single templated
+ * static method that takes the to-be-(de)serialized object as a parameter. This approach
+ * has the advantage that the constness of the object becomes a template parameter, and
+ * thus allows a single implementation that sees the object as const for serializing
+ * and non-const for deserializing, without casts.
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_METHODS(cls, obj) \
+ template<typename Stream> \
+ void Serialize(Stream& s) const \
+ { \
+ static_assert(std::is_same<const cls&, decltype(*this)>::value, "Serialize type mismatch"); \
+ SerializationOps(*this, s, CSerActionSerialize()); \
+ } \
+ template<typename Stream> \
+ void Unserialize(Stream& s) \
+ { \
+ static_assert(std::is_same<cls&, decltype(*this)>::value, "Unserialize type mismatch"); \
+ SerializationOps(*this, s, CSerActionUnserialize()); \
+ } \
+ template<typename Stream, typename Type, typename Operation> \
+ static inline void SerializationOps(Type& obj, Stream& s, Operation ser_action) \
+
+
#ifndef CHAR_EQUALS_INT8
template<typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, char a ) { ser_writedata8(s, a); } // TODO Get rid of bare char
#endif