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lib/wType/object.h

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+#ifndef WOBJCET_H
+#define WOBJCET_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "bytearray.h"
+
+namespace W {
+
+    class Object
+    {
+        friend class ByteArray;
+    public:
+        enum objectType
+        {
+            string,
+            vocabulary,
+            uint64,
+            address,
+            boolean,
+            event,
+            vector,
+            blob
+        };
+        
+        typedef uint64_t size_type;
+        typedef std::string StdStr;
+    
+        Object();
+        virtual ~Object();
+    
+        virtual StdStr toString() const = 0;
+        virtual Object* copy() const = 0;
+        virtual size_type length() const = 0;                       //object specific size - like amount of subelements or amount of characters
+        virtual size_type size() const = 0;                         //object size in bytes
+        virtual bool operator==(const Object& other) const = 0; 
+        virtual bool operator!=(const Object& other) const;         //TODO may be make it also pure virtual?
+        
+        virtual objectType getType() const = 0;
+        
+        virtual void serialize(ByteArray& out) const = 0;
+        virtual void deserialize(ByteArray& in) = 0;
+        
+        static StdStr getTypeName(objectType type);
+        
+    protected:
+        bool sameType(const Object& other) const;
+        
+    public:
+        static Object* fromByteArray(ByteArray& in);
+        
+    };
+}
+
+#endif // WOBJCET_H