Class: Maildir::Serializer::Base

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/maildir/serializer/base.rb

Overview

The Maildir::Serializer::Base class reads & writes data to disk as a string. Other serializers (e.g. Maildir::Serializer::Mail) can extend this class to do some pre- and post-processing of the string.

The Serializer API has two methods:

load(path) # => returns data
dump(data, path) # => returns number of bytes written

Direct Known Subclasses

JSON, Mail, Marshal, YAML

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#dump(data, path) ⇒ Object

Writes data to path. Returns number of bytes written.



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# File 'lib/maildir/serializer/base.rb', line 16

def dump(data, path)
  File.open(path, "w") {|file| file.write(data)}
end

#load(path) ⇒ Object

Reads the file at path. Returns the contents of path.



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# File 'lib/maildir/serializer/base.rb', line 11

def load(path)
  File.read(path)
end