swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/NativeObject.swift

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import Foundation

/// NativeObject is a protocol that all of the `Object-API` generated code should be
/// conforming to since it allows developers the ease of use to pack and unpack their
/// Flatbuffers objects
public protocol NativeObject {}

extension NativeObject {

  /// Serialize is a helper function that serailizes the data from the Object API to a bytebuffer directly th
  /// - Parameter type: Type of the Flatbuffer object
  /// - Returns: returns the encoded sized ByteBuffer
  public func serialize<T: ObjectAPIPacker>(type: T.Type) -> ByteBuffer
    where T.T == Self
  {
    var builder = FlatBufferBuilder(initialSize: 1024)
    return serialize(builder: &builder, type: type.self)
  }

  /// Serialize is a helper function that serailizes the data from the Object API to a bytebuffer directly.
  ///
  /// - Parameters:
  ///   - builder: A FlatBufferBuilder
  ///   - type: Type of the Flatbuffer object
  /// - Returns: returns the encoded sized ByteBuffer
  /// - Note: The `serialize(builder:type)` can be considered as a function that allows you to create smaller builder instead of the default `1024`.
  ///  It can be considered less expensive in terms of memory allocation
  public func serialize<T: ObjectAPIPacker>(
    builder: inout FlatBufferBuilder,
    type: T.Type) -> ByteBuffer where T.T == Self
  {
    var s = self
    let root = type.pack(&builder, obj: &s)
    builder.finish(offset: root)
    return builder.sizedBuffer
  }
}