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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/serialization.lua	Mon Oct 26 03:12:41 2009 +0000
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+-- Prosody IM v0.4
+-- Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Matthew Wild
+-- Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Waqas Hussain
+-- 
+-- This project is MIT/X11 licensed. Please see the
+-- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
+--
+
+local string_rep = string.rep;
+local type = type;
+local tostring = tostring;
+local t_insert = table.insert;
+local t_concat = table.concat;
+local error = error;
+local pairs = pairs;
+
+module "serialization"
+
+local indent = function(i)
+	return string_rep("\t", i);
+end
+local function basicSerialize (o)
+	if type(o) == "number" or type(o) == "boolean" then
+		return tostring(o);
+	else -- assume it is a string -- FIXME make sure it's a string. throw an error otherwise.
+		return (("%q"):format(tostring(o)):gsub("\\\n", "\\n"));
+	end
+end
+local function _simplesave(o, ind, t, func)
+	if type(o) == "number" then
+		func(t, tostring(o));
+	elseif type(o) == "string" then
+		func(t, (("%q"):format(o):gsub("\\\n", "\\n")));
+	elseif type(o) == "table" then
+		func(t, "{\n");
+		for k,v in pairs(o) do
+			func(t, indent(ind));
+			func(t, "[");
+			func(t, basicSerialize(k));
+			func(t, "] = ");
+			if ind == 0 then
+				_simplesave(v, 0, t, func);
+			else
+				_simplesave(v, ind+1, t, func);
+			end
+			func(t, ",\n");
+		end
+		func(t, indent(ind-1));
+		func(t, "}");
+	elseif type(o) == "boolean" then
+		func(t, (o and "true" or "false"));
+	else
+		error("cannot serialize a " .. type(o))
+	end
+end
+
+function append(t, o)
+	_simplesave(o, 1, t, t.write or t_insert);
+	return t;
+end
+
+function serialize(o)
+	return t_concat(append({}, o));
+end
+
+function deserialize(str)
+	error("Not implemented");
+end
+
+return _M;