class SerializationTraits

Defines how to serialize and deserialize some type.

Used for hooking different message serialization API's into GRPC.

Each SerializationTraits

<Message

> implementation must provide the

following functions:

1. static Status Serialize(const Message

&

msg,

ByteBuffer* buffer,

bool* own_buffer);

OR

static Status Serialize(const Message

&

msg,

grpc_byte_buffer** buffer,

bool* own_buffer);

The former is preferred; the latter is deprecated

2. static Status Deserialize(ByteBuffer* buffer,

Message* msg);

OR

static Status Deserialize(grpc_byte_buffer* buffer,

Message* msg);

The former is preferred; the latter is deprecated

Serialize is required to convert message to a ByteBuffer, and

return that byte buffer through *buffer. *own_buffer should

be set to true if the caller owns said byte buffer, or false if

ownership is retained elsewhere.

Deserialize is required to convert buffer into the message stored at

msg. max_receive_message_size is passed in as a bound on the maximum

number of message bytes Deserialize should accept.

Both functions return a Status, allowing them to explain what went

wrong if required.