serialization: use an inherited constructor

[nit.git] / lib / serialization / serialization.nit

diff --git a/lib/serialization/serialization.nit b/lib/serialization/serialization.nit
index 31f98f0..5c6e273 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/serialization/serialization.nit
+++ b/lib/serialization/serialization.nit
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ interface Serializable
        # The subclass change the default behavior, which will accept references,
        # to force to always serialize copies of `self`.
        private fun serialize_to_or_delay(v: Serializer) do v.serialize_reference(self)
+
+       # Create an instance of this class from the `deserializer`
+       #
+       # This constructor is refined by subclasses to correctly build their instances.
+       init from_deserializer(deserializer: Deserializer) do end
 end
 
 # Instances of this class are not delayed and instead serialized immediately