| serialize {serialize} | R Documentation |
A simple interface for serializing to connections.
serialize(object, connection, ascii = FALSE, refhook = NULL) unserialize(connection, refhook = NULL)
object |
object to serialize. |
connection |
an open connection. |
ascii |
logical; specifies whether to use ascii or binary format |
refhook |
hook function for handling reference objects |
The function serialize writes object to the specified
connection. Sharing of reference objects is preserved within the
object but not across separate calls to serialize. If
connection is NULL then object is serialized to a
string, which is returned as the result of serialize.
For a text mode connection, the default value of code{ascii} is set
to TRUE
unserialize reads an object from connection.
connection may also be a string.
The refhook functions can be used to customize handling of
non-system reference objects (all external pointers and weak
references, and all environments other than name space and package
environments and .GlobalEnv). The hook function for
serialize should return a character vector for references it
wants to handle; otherwise it should return NULL. The hook for
unserialize will be called with character vectors supplied to
serialize and should return an appropriate object.
Luke Tierney
x<-serialize(list(1,2,3),NULL) unserialize(x)