namespace Server.Engines.Reports
{
  public abstract class PersistableObject
  {
    public abstract PersistableType TypeID{ get; }

    public virtual void SerializeAttributes(PersistanceWriter op)
    {
    }

    public virtual void SerializeChildren(PersistanceWriter op)
    {
    }

    public void Serialize(PersistanceWriter op)
    {
      op.BeginObject(TypeID);
      SerializeAttributes(op);
      op.BeginChildren();
      SerializeChildren(op);
      op.FinishChildren();
      op.FinishObject();
    }

    public virtual void DeserializeAttributes(PersistanceReader ip)
    {
    }

    public virtual void DeserializeChildren(PersistanceReader ip)
    {
    }

    public void Deserialize(PersistanceReader ip)
    {
      DeserializeAttributes(ip);

      if (ip.BeginChildren())
      {
        DeserializeChildren(ip);
        ip.FinishChildren();
      }
    }
  }
}