Attean::API::Serializer(3) Serializer role

VERSION

This document describes Attean::API::Serializer version 0.017

DESCRIPTION

The Attean::API::Serializer role defines a common API for all serializers of typed objects to data (either a byte string or printed to a filehandle).

REQUIRED METHODS

The following methods are required by the Attean::API::Serializer role:
"canonical_media_type"
Returns the canonical media type string for the format of this serializer.
"media_types"
Returns an ARRAY reference of media type strings that also identify the format produced by this serializer.
"handled_type"
Returns a Type::Tiny object representing the type of items that are consumed during serialization.
"serialize_iter_to_io( $fh, $iterator )"
Serializes the elements from the Attean::API::Iterator $iterator to the IO::Handle object $fh.
"serialize_iter_to_bytes( $fh )"
Serializes the elements from the Attean::API::Iterator $iterator and returns the serialization as a UTF-8 encoded byte string.

METHODS

This role provides default implementations of the following methods:
"serialize_list_to_io( $fh, @elements )"
Serializes the objects in @elements to the IO::Handle object $fh.
"serialize_list_to_bytes( @elements )"
Serializes the objects in @elements and returns the serialization as a UTF-8 encoded byte string.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to through the GitHub web interface at <https://github.com/kasei/attean/issues>.

AUTHOR

Gregory Todd Williams "<[email protected]>"

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2014--2016 Gregory Todd Williams. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.