Operator Reference
serialize_tuple (Operator)
serialize_tuple
— Serialize a tuple.
Signature
serialize_tuple( : : Tuple : SerializedItemHandle)
Description
serialize_tuple
serializes the data of a tuple (see
fwrite_serialized_item
for an introduction of the basic
principle of serialization). The same data that is written in a
file by write_tuple
is converted to a serialized item.
The tuple is defined by the handle Tuple
. The
serialized data of a tuple is returned by the handle
SerializedItemHandle
and can be deserialized by
deserialize_tuple
.
Note that not all handle types can be serialized.
If Tuple
contains a handle that can not be serialized or that
has been freed already, an exception is raised.
The operators tuple_is_serializable
and
tuple_is_serializable_elem
can be used to find out if a tuple or
its elements can be serialized.
Execution Information
- Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
- Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
- Processed without parallelization.
Parameters
Tuple
(input_control) tuple(-array) →
(real / integer / string / handle)
Tuple.
SerializedItemHandle
(output_control) serialized_item →
(handle)
Handle of the serialized item.
Result
If the parameters are valid, the operator
serialize_tuple
returns the value 2 (
H_MSG_TRUE)
. If
necessary, an exception is raised.
Possible Successors
fwrite_serialized_item
,
send_serialized_item
,
deserialize_tuple
Module
Foundation