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/* OSUnserialize.h created by rsulack on Mon 23-Nov-1998 */

#ifndef _OS_OSUNSERIALIZE_H
#define _OS_OSUNSERIALIZE_H

#include <sys/appleapiopts.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

class OSObject;
class OSString;

/*!
 * @header
 *
 * @abstract
 * This header declares the <code>OSUnserializeXML</code> function.
 */
 

/*!
 * @function OSUnserializeXML
 *
 * @abstract
 * Recreates an OSContainer object
 * from its previously serialized OSContainer class instance data.
 *
 * @param buffer      A buffer containing nul-terminated XML data
 *                    representing the object to be recreated.
 * @param errorString If non-</code>NULL</code>, and the XML parser
 *                    finds an error in <code>buffer</code>,
 *                    <code>*errorString</code> indicates the line number
 *                    and type of error encountered.
 *
 * @result
 * The recreated object, or <code>NULL</code> on failure.
 *
 * @discussion
 * <b>Not safe</b> to call in a primary interrupt handler.
 */
extern "C++" OSObject * OSUnserializeXML(
    const char  * buffer,
    OSString   ** errorString = 0);

/*!
 * @function OSUnserializeXML
 *
 * @abstract
 * Recreates an OSContainer object
 * from its previously serialized OSContainer class instance data.
 *
 * @param buffer      A buffer containing nul-terminated XML data
 *                    representing the object to be recreated.
 * @param bufferSize  The size of the block of memory. The function
 *                    never scans beyond the first bufferSize bytes.
 * @param errorString If non-</code>NULL</code>, and the XML parser
 *                    finds an error in <code>buffer</code>,
 *                    <code>*errorString</code> indicates the line number
 *                    and type of error encountered.
 *
 * @result
 * The recreated object, or <code>NULL</code> on failure.
 *
 * @discussion
 * <b>Not safe</b> to call in a primary interrupt handler.
 */
extern "C++" OSObject * OSUnserializeXML(
    const char  * buffer,
    size_t        bufferSize,
    OSString   ** errorString = 0);

extern "C++" OSObject *
OSUnserializeBinary(const char *buffer, size_t bufferSize, OSString **errorString);

#ifdef __APPLE_API_OBSOLETE
extern OSObject* OSUnserialize(const char *buffer, OSString **errorString = 0);
#endif /* __APPLE_API_OBSOLETE */

#endif /* _OS_OSUNSERIALIZE_H */
