Serializer.hpp

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#ifndef TGUI_SERIALIZER_HPP
#define TGUI_SERIALIZER_HPP
 
#include <TGUI/ObjectConverter.hpp>
 
#include <unordered_map>

 
namespace tgui
{
    class TGUI_API Serializer
    {
    public:
        using SerializeFunc = std::function<String(ObjectConverter&&)>;
 
        TGUI_NODISCARD static String serialize(ObjectConverter&& object);
 
        static void setFunction(ObjectConverter::Type type, const SerializeFunc& serializer);
        TGUI_NODISCARD static const SerializeFunc& getFunction(ObjectConverter::Type type);
 
    private:
        static std::unordered_map<ObjectConverter::Type, SerializeFunc> m_serializers;
    };

}

 
#endif // TGUI_SERIALIZER_HPP