Source code for core.service.serialization

from openalea.core.plugin import iter_plugins


def get_saver(name="GenericSaver"):
    for saver in iter_plugins('vpltk.saver'):
        if saver.default_name == name:
            return saver

    # if required plugin has not been found
    raise TypeError('saver plugin not found: ' + str(name))


def get_loader(name="GenericLoader"):
    for loader in iter_plugins('vpltk.loader'):
        if loader.default_name == name:
            return loader


def save(data, path, fmt=None, **kwds):
    pass


def load(path, fmt=None, **kwds):
    pass


def serialize(data, fmt=None, **kwds):
    import pickle
    txt = pickle.dumps(data)
    return txt


def deserialize(txt, fmt=None, **kwds):
    import pickle
    data = pickle.loads(txt)
    return data


def picklable_object(obj):
    """
    Returns a picklable wrapper of obj.
    This service is used to pickle objects that are not natively pickable
    and that cannot be modified to be compatible with pickle.

    entry_point:
    openalea.pickler
    """
    pass