# # $Id: classcoding.icn,v 1.2 2004/02/12 17:07:55 rparlett Exp $ # # This file is in the public domain. # # Author: Robert Parlett (parlett@dial.pipex.com) # package lang # # This class must be subclassed by any class to be encoded # by an Encode object. # class ClassCoding() # # This method should encode the instance into the given Encode # object. # abstract method encode_obj(e) # # This method should decode an instance from the given Encode # object. # abstract method decode_obj(e) # # This empty method may be overridden; it is invoked just before # the object is encoded. # method pre_encode() end # # This empty method may be overridden; it is invoked just after # the object has been decoded. # method post_decode() end end