serialization: use an inherited constructor

Signed-off-by: Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>

diff --git a/lib/json_serialization.nit b/lib/json_serialization.nit
index e8c76b4..ade8318 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/json_serialization.nit
+++ b/lib/json_serialization.nit
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ redef class Array[E]
        end
 
        # Instanciate a new `Array` from its serialized representation.
-       init from_deserializer(v: Deserializer)
+       redef init from_deserializer(v: Deserializer)
        do
                if v isa JsonDeserializer then
                        v.notify_of_creation self

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

diff --git a/src/frontend/serialization_phase.nit b/src/frontend/serialization_phase.nit
index 976d532..eca090f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/frontend/serialization_phase.nit
+++ b/src/frontend/serialization_phase.nit
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ private class SerializationPhasePreModel
                var npropdefs = nclassdef.n_propdefs
 
                var code = new Array[String]
-               code.add "init from_deserializer(v: Deserializer)"
+               code.add "redef init from_deserializer(v: Deserializer)"
                code.add "do"
+               code.add "      super"
                code.add "      v.notify_of_creation self"
 
                for attribute in npropdefs do if attribute isa AAttrPropdef then