libkern/libkern/c++/OSUnserialize.h

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  23 /* OSUnserialize.h created by rsulack on Mon 23-Nov-1998 */
  24
  25 #ifndef _OS_OSUNSERIALIZE_H
  26 #define _OS_OSUNSERIALIZE_H
  27
  28 #include <sys/appleapiopts.h>
  29
  30 class OSObject;
  31 class OSString;
  32
  33 /*! @function OSUnserializeXML
  34     @abstract Recreates an OS Container object from its previously serialized OS Container class instance data.
  35     @param buffer pointer to buffer containing XML data representing the object to be recreated.
  36     @param errorString if this is a valid pointer and the XML parser finds a error in buffer, errorString contains text indicating the line number and type of error encountered.
  37     @result Pointer to the recreated object, or zero on failure. */
  38
  39 extern OSObject* OSUnserializeXML(const char *buffer, OSString **errorString = 0);
  40
  41 #ifdef __APPLE_API_OBSOLETE
  42 extern OSObject* OSUnserialize(const char *buffer, OSString **errorString = 0);
  43 #endif /* __APPLE_API_OBSOLETE */
  44
  45 #endif /* _OS_OSUNSERIALIZE_H */