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class ActiveJob::Serializers::ObjectSerializer

Base class for serializing and deserializing custom objects.

Example:

class MoneySerializer < ActiveJob::Serializers::ObjectSerializer
  def serialize(money)
    super("amount" => money.amount, "currency" => money.currency)
  end

  def deserialize(hash)
    Money.new(hash["amount"], hash["currency"])
  end

  private

    def klass
      Money
    end
end

Inherits From

Public instance methods

deserialize(json)

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Deserializes an argument from a JSON primitive type.

Source code GitHub 
# File activejob/lib/active_job/serializers/object_serializer.rb, line 42
def deserialize(json)
  raise NotImplementedError
end

serialize(hash)

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Serializes an argument to a JSON primitive type.

Source code GitHub 
# File activejob/lib/active_job/serializers/object_serializer.rb, line 37
def serialize(hash)
  { Arguments::OBJECT_SERIALIZER_KEY => self.class.name }.merge!(hash)
end

serialize?(argument)

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Determines if an argument should be serialized by a serializer.

Source code GitHub 
# File activejob/lib/active_job/serializers/object_serializer.rb, line 32
def serialize?(argument)
  argument.is_a?(klass)
end

Private instance methods

klass()

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The class of the object that will be serialized.

Source code GitHub 
# File activejob/lib/active_job/serializers/object_serializer.rb, line 48
def klass # :doc:
  raise NotImplementedError
end

Definition files