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author | Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net> | 2005-03-09 01:21:04 +0000 |
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committer | Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net> | 2005-03-09 01:21:04 +0000 |
commit | b06d0ef758a9b40f73513fd77fd6822958c9bb1a (patch) | |
tree | afe384d9c94469bf8df22ff463fb8b3cde0dbcca /ext/spl/spl.php | |
parent | e90582a9904c66926bc691e4797dda6bd15574b3 (diff) | |
download | php-git-b06d0ef758a9b40f73513fd77fd6822958c9bb1a.tar.gz |
Add description for interface Serializeable
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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/spl/spl.php b/ext/spl/spl.php index b3c699a4d2..cac58446e7 100755 --- a/ext/spl/spl.php +++ b/ext/spl/spl.php @@ -435,6 +435,33 @@ interface Countable function count(); } +/** @ingroup ZendEngine + * @brief Interface for customized serializing + * @since 5.1 + * + * Classes that implement this interface no longer support __sleep() and + * __wakeup(). The method serialized is called whenever an instance needs to + * be serialized. This does not invoke __destruct() or has any other side + * effect unless programmed inside the method. When the data is unserialized + * the class is known and the appropriate unserialize() method is called as a + * constructor instead of calling __construct(). If you need to execute the + * standard constructor you may do so in the method. + */ +interface Serializeable +{ + /** + * @return string representation of the instance + */ + function serialize(); + + /** + * @note This is a constructor + * + * @param $serialized data read from stream to construct the instance + */ + function unserialize($serialized); +} + /** @ingroup SPL * @brief An Array wrapper * @since PHP 5.0 |