Demonic Software
3/3/2008 2:49:00 PM
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Thanks Robert.
I understand the security issues behind what I am doing. I have some
follow-up questions to my previous ones.
Is there a centralized structure that holds all the methods, instance
variables, and then all the ancestor methods, instance variables, etc. For
example, in Python there is self.__dict__, which is basically a hash table
and it holds all the basic structures that make up the object in question.
Now, I know this is not Python, but I was wondering if Ruby had a hash table
or similar object that holds this type of information. Also, is there
something (e.g. a manual, guide, paper ) that discusses the *under-the-hood*
layout and function of Ruby structures once they are created? I am trying
to understand what I can and can not do with the Ruby Language :) Thanks in
advance.
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> 2008/3/3, Demonic Software <demonic.software@gmail.com>:
> > Is there a way to *completely* serialize objects and move them to
> > another machien in Ruby? I would like to be able to serialize an
> entire
> > object (e.g. all the methods, objects, etc.), then transfer this
> > serialized object to another interpreter session, which may or may not
> > be on the same machine, and deserialize the object. The objective I
> > have in mind is to be able to migrate the object into the other session
> > and use it as if it was on the instantiated in that session.
> >
> > I have read about Marshal and YAML, and these two options don't seem to
> > have that capability. Are these the only two options for serialization
> > in Ruby?
>
> AFAIK yes. Note that there is usually no access to code so you would
> need to employ some tricks to transfer the code (methods) that is
> associated with an instance. Note also that you might introduce
> security risks and other sorts of weird behavior by allowing code to
> be transferred (just think of different versions of the same class
> etc.).
>
> Kind regards
>
> robert
>
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