Detailed Description

Serialization operations

Serialization operation parts in interface:
Copy this to your project and extend with your parts or leave functions complete away where not used or supported.

Function Documentation

◆ SerializeSize()

virtual size_t SerializeSize ( )

inlinevirtual

Get the number of bytes required to serialize the game.

Returns: the number of bytes, or 0 if serialization is not supported

◆ Serialize()

virtual GAME_ERROR Serialize	(	uint8_t *	data,
		size_t	size )

inlinevirtual

Serialize the state of the game.

Parameters

[in]	data	The buffer receiving the serialized game data
[in]	size	The size of the buffer

Returns: the error, or GAME_ERROR_NO_ERROR if the game was serialized into the buffer

◆ Deserialize()

virtual GAME_ERROR Deserialize	(	const uint8_t *	data,
		size_t	size )

inlinevirtual

Deserialize the game from the given state.

Parameters

[in]	data	A buffer containing the game's new state
[in]	size	The size of the buffer

Returns: the error, or GAME_ERROR_NO_ERROR if the game deserialized