class Packable

Defined in: C4Packing.h

The Packable class is the base class for a packable object.

Definition

class Packable

Member Functions

`Packable::GetPackTypeSize`	Returns the total size of the type codes needed to identify the most-derived subclass.
`Packable::GetPackSize`	Returns the number of bytes needed to pack the object's data.
`Packable::PackType`	Packs the sequence of type codes.
`Packable::Pack`	Packs an object's data.
`Packable::Unpack`	Unpacks an object's data.
`Packable::Prepack`	Called before packing to allow object linking.
`Packable::UnpackChunkList`	Unpacks a sequence of chunks from an input stream.

Constructor

Packable();

Description

The Packable class is a base class used by all packable objects. It contains virtual functions that are used for packing and unpacking object data to and from storage (typically disk files).