Serialization

[Vorlias]

Serialization/Deserialization of objects in RbxNet is an important use case I want to eventually cover.

This would probably involve a slight overhaul of the remote objects used by Net to accompany the ability for functions to serialize values.

The idea would be to have a member Serialize(), then a static deserialize() on the object. It's possible Net could implicitly convert this before sending and when receiving by checking for objects.

Implicit option

• Net.Serialization.AddSerializableClass(MyClass) which:
• Would check for an object that inherits MyClass - should have member Serialize and static deserialize.
• When calling a invoking function (e.g. SendToPlayer) it should look through the arguments and serialize any applicable objects.
• When recieving, it should check for the serialized representation, then deserialize back to the object.

Serialized representation would be something akin to {"ClassName": "MyClass", "Value": SerializedObjectValue}.

This would also probably be something that gets only enabled if there are actually serializable classes added.

Explicit option

Would involve the remote objects themselves. I am currently thinking up the API idea for this.