serializer/doc/usage.md

Import

In deno:

import { Serializer } from "https://code.thunderk.net/typescript/serializer/raw/branch/master/mod.ts";

Use

Suppose you have 2 classes Class1 and Class2, whose instances you want to serialize:

Class1 { /* [...] */ }
Class2 { /* [...] */ }

// Here is the example object we want to serialize to a string
const obj = {
  a: [1, "a", new Class1()],
  b: new Class2("x"),
  c: new Class3(),
};

// We prepare the serializer, providing the class namespace
const namespace = {
  Class1,
  Class2,
};
const serializer = new Serializer(namespace);

// Optionally, some class instances may be ignored (they will be replaced by *undefined*)
serializer.addIgnoredClass(Class3);

// Serialize the object to a string
const state = serializer.serialize(obj);

// Reconstruct the object back
const nobj = serializer.unserialize(state);

console.log(nobj.a[0]);
// output: 1

console.log(nobj.b instance of Class2);
// output: true

console.log(nobj.c);
// output: undefined