Data.hpp

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/*   By: jmartin <jmartin@student.42lausanne.ch>    +#+  +:+       +#+        */
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/*   Created: 2022/11/08 15:22:42 by jmartin           #+#    #+#             */
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#ifndef DATA_HPP
# define DATA_HPP

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# include <iostream>
# include <string>

/*
 * Serialization is the process of translating data structures
 * or object state into a format that can be stored
 * (for example, in a file or memory buffer, or transmitted across a network connection link)
 * and reconstructed later in the same or another computer environment.
 *
 * The opposite process is called deserialization.
 */

class Data
{
	public:
		Data(void);
		Data(Data const &instance);
		~Data(void);

		Data &	operator=(Data const & rhs);

		std::string		getValue(void) const;
		void			setValue(std::string value);

	private:
		std::string		_value;
};

uintptr_t	serialize(Data* ptr); // serialize the data
Data        *deserialize(uintptr_t raw); // return a pointer to a Data instance

#endif