1.121 ObjectDumper

Defined in namespace Smalltalk

Superclass: Stream

Category: Streams-Files

I'm not part of a normal Smalltalk system, but most Smalltalks provide a similar feature: that is, support for storing objects in a binary format; there are many advantages in using me instead of #storeOn: and the Smalltalk compiler.

The data is stored in a very compact format, which has the side effect of making loading much faster when compared with compiling the Smalltalk code prepared by #storeOn:. In addition, my instances support circular references between objects, while #storeOn: supports it only if you know of such references at design time and you override #storeOn: to deal with them

• ObjectDumper class-establishing proxy classes: (class)
• ObjectDumper class-instance creation: (class)
• ObjectDumper class-shortcuts: (class)
• ObjectDumper class-testing: (class)
• ObjectDumper-accessing: (instance)
• ObjectDumper-loading/dumping objects: (instance)
• ObjectDumper-stream interface: (instance)