# Method lfun::_serialize()

Method _serialize

  ``void` _serialize(`object` `o`, `function`(`mixed`, `string`, `type`:`void`) `serializer`)`

Description

  Dispatch function for `Serializer.serialize()`.

Parameter `o`

  Object to serialize. Always a context of the current object.

Parameter `serializer`

  Function to be called once for every variable to serialize.

  The `serializer` function expects to be called with three arguments:

    `value` - The value of the symbol.

    `symbol` - The symbol name.

    `symbol_type` - The type of the symbol.

Note

  A default implementation of lfun::_serialize() and lfun::_deserialize() is available in `Serializer.Serializable`.

See also

  lfun::_deserialize(), `Serializer.serialize()`, `Serializer.Serializable()->_serialize()`