fun warn(msg: String) do print "Serialization warning: {msg}"
end
+# Abstract deserialization service
+#
+# After initialization of one of its sub-classes, call `deserialize`
+interface Deserializer
+ # Main method of this class, returns a Nit object
+ fun deserialize: nullable Object is abstract
+
+ # Internal method to be implemented by sub-classes
+ fun deserialize_attribute(name: String): nullable Object is abstract
+
+ # Internal method called by objects in creation,
+ # to be implemented by sub-classes
+ fun notify_of_creation(new_object: Object) is abstract
+
+ # Mainly generated method to return the next instance of the givent
+ # class by name
+ fun deserialize_class(class_name: String): Object do abort
+end
+
# Instances of this class can be passed to `Serializer::serialize`
interface Serializable
# Full or true serialization
redef class Float super DirectSerializable end
redef class NativeString super DirectSerializable end
redef class String super DirectSerializable end
+redef class Array[E] super Serializable end