/*
- * Copyright (c) 2015 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018 ARM Limited
* All rights reserved
*
* The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
* THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
* (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
* OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- *
- * Authors: Nathan Binkert
- * Erik Hallnor
- * Steve Reinhardt
- * Andreas Sandberg
*/
/* @file
#define __SERIALIZE_HH__
+#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <stack>
+#include <set>
#include <vector>
#include "base/bitunion.hh"
-#include "base/types.hh"
+#include "base/logging.hh"
+#include "base/str.hh"
class IniFile;
-class Serializable;
-class CheckpointIn;
class SimObject;
class SimObjectResolver;
-class EventQueue;
typedef std::ostream CheckpointOut;
-
-/** The current version of the checkpoint format.
- * This should be incremented by 1 and only 1 for every new version, where a new
- * version is defined as a checkpoint created before this version won't work on
- * the current version until the checkpoint format is updated. Adding a new
- * SimObject shouldn't cause the version number to increase, only changes to
- * existing objects such as serializing/unserializing more state, changing sizes
- * of serialized arrays, etc. */
-static const uint64_t gem5CheckpointVersion = 0x000000000000000f;
-
-template <class T>
-void paramOut(CheckpointOut &cp, const std::string &name, const T ¶m);
-
-template <typename DataType, typename BitUnion>
-void paramOut(CheckpointOut &cp, const std::string &name,
- const BitfieldBackend::BitUnionOperators<DataType, BitUnion> &p)
-{
- paramOut(cp, name, p.__data);
-}
-
-template <class T>
-void paramIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name, T ¶m);
-
-template <typename DataType, typename BitUnion>
-void paramIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name,
- BitfieldBackend::BitUnionOperators<DataType, BitUnion> &p)
-{
- paramIn(cp, name, p.__data);
-}
-
-template <class T>
-bool optParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name, T ¶m);
-
-template <typename DataType, typename BitUnion>
-bool optParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name,
- BitfieldBackend::BitUnionOperators<DataType, BitUnion> &p)
+class CheckpointIn
{
- return optParamIn(cp, name, p.__data);
-}
-
-template <class T>
-void arrayParamOut(CheckpointOut &cp, const std::string &name,
- const T *param, unsigned size);
-
-template <class T>
-void arrayParamOut(CheckpointOut &cp, const std::string &name,
- const std::vector<T> ¶m);
-
-template <class T>
-void arrayParamOut(CheckpointOut &cp, const std::string &name,
- const std::list<T> ¶m);
-
-template <class T>
-void arrayParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name,
- T *param, unsigned size);
-
-template <class T>
-void arrayParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name,
- std::vector<T> ¶m);
-
-template <class T>
-void arrayParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name,
- std::list<T> ¶m);
+ private:
-void
-objParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name, SimObject * ¶m);
+ IniFile *db;
-//
-// These macros are streamlined to use in serialize/unserialize
-// functions. It's assumed that serialize() has a parameter 'os' for
-// the ostream, and unserialize() has parameters 'cp' and 'section'.
-#define SERIALIZE_SCALAR(scalar) paramOut(cp, #scalar, scalar)
+ SimObjectResolver &objNameResolver;
-#define UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(scalar) paramIn(cp, #scalar, scalar)
-#define UNSERIALIZE_OPT_SCALAR(scalar) optParamIn(cp, #scalar, scalar)
+ const std::string _cptDir;
-// ENUMs are like SCALARs, but we cast them to ints on the way out
-#define SERIALIZE_ENUM(scalar) paramOut(cp, #scalar, (int)scalar)
+ public:
+ CheckpointIn(const std::string &cpt_dir, SimObjectResolver &resolver);
+ ~CheckpointIn();
-#define UNSERIALIZE_ENUM(scalar) \
- do { \
- int tmp; \
- paramIn(cp, #scalar, tmp); \
- scalar = static_cast<decltype(scalar)>(tmp); \
- } while (0)
+ /**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ * @{
+ */
+ const std::string getCptDir() { return _cptDir; }
-#define SERIALIZE_ARRAY(member, size) \
- arrayParamOut(cp, #member, member, size)
+ bool find(const std::string §ion, const std::string &entry,
+ std::string &value);
-#define UNSERIALIZE_ARRAY(member, size) \
- arrayParamIn(cp, #member, member, size)
+ bool findObj(const std::string §ion, const std::string &entry,
+ SimObject *&value);
-#define SERIALIZE_CONTAINER(member) \
- arrayParamOut(cp, #member, member)
+ bool entryExists(const std::string §ion, const std::string &entry);
+ bool sectionExists(const std::string §ion);
+ /** @}*/ //end of api_checkout group
-#define UNSERIALIZE_CONTAINER(member) \
- arrayParamIn(cp, #member, member)
+ // The following static functions have to do with checkpoint
+ // creation rather than restoration. This class makes a handy
+ // namespace for them though. Currently no Checkpoint object is
+ // created on serialization (only unserialization) so we track the
+ // directory name as a global. It would be nice to change this
+ // someday
-#define SERIALIZE_EVENT(event) event.serializeSection(cp, #event);
+ private:
+ // current directory we're serializing into.
+ static std::string currentDirectory;
-#define UNSERIALIZE_EVENT(event) \
- do { \
- event.unserializeSection(cp, #event); \
- eventQueue()->checkpointReschedule(&event); \
- } while(0)
-#define SERIALIZE_OBJ(obj) obj.serializeSection(cp, #obj)
-#define UNSERIALIZE_OBJ(obj) obj.unserializeSection(cp, #obj)
+ public:
+ /**
+ * Set the current directory
+ *
+ * This function takes care of inserting curTick() if there's a '%d' in the
+ * argument, and appends a '/' if necessary. The final name is returned.
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+ static std::string setDir(const std::string &base_name);
-#define SERIALIZE_OBJPTR(objptr) paramOut(cp, #objptr, (objptr)->name())
+ /**
+ * Get the current checkout directory name
+ *
+ * This function exports the current checkout point directory name so other
+ * objects can derive filenames from it (e.g., memory). The return value is
+ * guaranteed to end in '/' so filenames can be directly appended. This
+ * function is only valid while a checkpoint is being created.
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+ static std::string dir();
-#define UNSERIALIZE_OBJPTR(objptr) \
- do { \
- SimObject *sptr; \
- objParamIn(cp, #objptr, sptr); \
- objptr = dynamic_cast<decltype(objptr)>(sptr); \
- } while (0)
+ // Filename for base checkpoint file within directory.
+ static const char *baseFilename;
+};
/**
* Basic support for object serialization.
*/
class ScopedCheckpointSection {
public:
+ /**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ * @{
+ */
template<class CP>
ScopedCheckpointSection(CP &cp, const char *name) {
pushName(name);
pushName(name.c_str());
nameOut(cp);
}
+ /** @}*/ //end of api_serialize group
~ScopedCheckpointSection();
};
public:
+ /**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
Serializable();
virtual ~Serializable();
* Output an object's state into the current checkpoint section.
*
* @param cp Checkpoint state
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
*/
virtual void serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const = 0;
* Read an object's state from the current checkpoint section.
*
* @param cp Checkpoint state
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
*/
virtual void unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp) = 0;
*
* @param cp Checkpoint state
* @param name Name to append to the active path
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
*/
void serializeSection(CheckpointOut &cp, const char *name) const;
+ /**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
void serializeSection(CheckpointOut &cp, const std::string &name) const {
serializeSection(cp, name.c_str());
}
*
* @param cp Checkpoint state
* @param name Name to append to the active path
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
*/
void unserializeSection(CheckpointIn &cp, const char *name);
+ /**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
void unserializeSection(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name) {
unserializeSection(cp, name.c_str());
}
/**
- * @{
- * @name Legacy interface
- *
- * Interface for objects that insist on changing their state when
- * serializing. Such state change should be done in drain(),
- * memWriteback(), or memInvalidate() and not in the serialization
- * method. In general, if state changes occur in serialize, it
- * complicates testing since it breaks assumptions about draining
- * and serialization. It potentially also makes components more
- * fragile since they there are no ordering guarantees when
- * serializing SimObjects.
+ * Gets the fully-qualified name of the active section
*
- * @warn This interface is considered deprecated and should never
- * be used.
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
*/
-
- virtual void serializeOld(CheckpointOut &cp) {
- serialize(cp);
- }
- void serializeSectionOld(CheckpointOut &cp, const char *name);
- void serializeSectionOld(CheckpointOut &cp, const std::string &name) {
- serializeSectionOld(cp, name.c_str());
- }
- /** @} */
-
- /** Get the fully-qualified name of the active section */
static const std::string ¤tSection();
- static Serializable *create(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string §ion);
-
- static int ckptCount;
- static int ckptMaxCount;
- static int ckptPrevCount;
+ /**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
static void serializeAll(const std::string &cpt_dir);
+
+ /**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
static void unserializeGlobals(CheckpointIn &cp);
private:
static std::stack<std::string> path;
};
-void debug_serialize(const std::string &cpt_dir);
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+bool
+parseParam(const std::string &s, T &value)
+{
+ // The base implementations use to_number for parsing and '<<' for
+ // displaying, suitable for integer types.
+ return to_number(s, value);
+}
-//
-// A SerializableBuilder serves as an evaluation context for a set of
-// parameters that describe a specific instance of a Serializable. This
-// evaluation context corresponds to a section in the .ini file (as
-// with the base ParamContext) plus an optional node in the
-// configuration hierarchy (the configNode member) for resolving
-// Serializable references. SerializableBuilder is an abstract superclass;
-// derived classes specialize the class for particular subclasses of
-// Serializable (e.g., BaseCache).
-//
-// For typical usage, see the definition of
-// SerializableClass::createObject().
-//
-class SerializableBuilder
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+showParam(CheckpointOut &os, const T &value)
{
- public:
+ os << value;
+}
- SerializableBuilder() {}
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+bool
+parseParam(const std::string &s, BitUnionType<T> &value)
+{
+ // Zero initialize storage to avoid leaking an uninitialized value
+ BitUnionBaseType<T> storage = BitUnionBaseType<T>();
+ auto res = to_number(s, storage);
+ value = storage;
+ return res;
+}
- virtual ~SerializableBuilder() {}
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+showParam(CheckpointOut &os, const BitUnionType<T> &value)
+{
+ auto storage = static_cast<BitUnionBaseType<T>>(value);
- // Create the actual Serializable corresponding to the parameter
- // values in this context. This function is overridden in derived
- // classes to call a specific constructor for a particular
- // subclass of Serializable.
- virtual Serializable *create() = 0;
-};
+ // For a BitUnion8, the storage type is an unsigned char.
+ // Since we want to serialize a number we need to cast to
+ // unsigned int
+ os << ((sizeof(storage) == 1) ?
+ static_cast<unsigned int>(storage) : storage);
+}
-//
-// An instance of SerializableClass corresponds to a class derived from
-// Serializable. The SerializableClass instance serves to bind the string
-// name (found in the config file) to a function that creates an
-// instance of the appropriate derived class.
-//
-// This would be much cleaner in Smalltalk or Objective-C, where types
-// are first-class objects themselves.
-//
-class SerializableClass
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <>
+inline void
+showParam(CheckpointOut &os, const char &value)
{
- public:
+ // Treat 8-bit ints (chars) as ints on output, not as chars
+ os << (int)value;
+}
- // Type CreateFunc is a pointer to a function that creates a new
- // simulation object builder based on a .ini-file parameter
- // section (specified by the first string argument), a unique name
- // for the object (specified by the second string argument), and
- // an optional config hierarchy node (specified by the third
- // argument). A pointer to the new SerializableBuilder is returned.
- typedef Serializable *(*CreateFunc)(CheckpointIn &cp,
- const std::string §ion);
-
- static std::map<std::string,CreateFunc> *classMap;
-
- // Constructor. For example:
- //
- // SerializableClass baseCacheSerializableClass("BaseCacheSerializable",
- // newBaseCacheSerializableBuilder);
- //
- SerializableClass(const std::string &className, CreateFunc createFunc);
-
- // create Serializable given name of class and pointer to
- // configuration hierarchy node
- static Serializable *createObject(CheckpointIn &cp,
- const std::string §ion);
-};
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <>
+inline void
+showParam(CheckpointOut &os, const signed char &value)
+{
+ os << (int)value;
+}
-//
-// Macros to encapsulate the magic of declaring & defining
-// SerializableBuilder and SerializableClass objects
-//
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <>
+inline void
+showParam(CheckpointOut &os, const unsigned char &value)
+{
+ os << (unsigned int)value;
+}
-#define REGISTER_SERIALIZEABLE(CLASS_NAME, OBJ_CLASS) \
-SerializableClass the##OBJ_CLASS##Class(CLASS_NAME, \
- OBJ_CLASS::createForUnserialize);
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <>
+inline bool
+parseParam(const std::string &s, float &value)
+{
+ return to_number(s, value);
+}
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <>
+inline bool
+parseParam(const std::string &s, double &value)
+{
+ return to_number(s, value);
+}
-class CheckpointIn
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <>
+inline bool
+parseParam(const std::string &s, bool &value)
{
- private:
+ return to_bool(s, value);
+}
- IniFile *db;
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <>
+inline void
+showParam(CheckpointOut &os, const bool &value)
+{
+ // Display bools as strings
+ os << (value ? "true" : "false");
+}
- SimObjectResolver &objNameResolver;
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <>
+inline bool
+parseParam(const std::string &s, std::string &value)
+{
+ // String requires no processing to speak of
+ value = s;
+ return true;
+}
- public:
- CheckpointIn(const std::string &cpt_dir, SimObjectResolver &resolver);
- ~CheckpointIn();
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+paramOut(CheckpointOut &os, const std::string &name, const T ¶m)
+{
+ os << name << "=";
+ showParam(os, param);
+ os << "\n";
+}
- const std::string cptDir;
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+paramIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name, T ¶m)
+{
+ const std::string §ion(Serializable::currentSection());
+ std::string str;
+ if (!cp.find(section, name, str) || !parseParam(str, param)) {
+ fatal("Can't unserialize '%s:%s'\n", section, name);
+ }
+}
- bool find(const std::string §ion, const std::string &entry,
- std::string &value);
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+bool
+optParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name,
+ T ¶m, bool warn = true)
+{
+ const std::string §ion(Serializable::currentSection());
+ std::string str;
+ if (!cp.find(section, name, str) || !parseParam(str, param)) {
+ if (warn)
+ warn("optional parameter %s:%s not present\n", section, name);
+ return false;
+ } else {
+ return true;
+ }
+}
- bool findObj(const std::string §ion, const std::string &entry,
- SimObject *&value);
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+arrayParamOut(CheckpointOut &os, const std::string &name,
+ const std::vector<T> ¶m)
+{
+ typename std::vector<T>::size_type size = param.size();
+ os << name << "=";
+ if (size > 0)
+ showParam(os, param[0]);
+ for (typename std::vector<T>::size_type i = 1; i < size; ++i) {
+ os << " ";
+ showParam(os, param[i]);
+ }
+ os << "\n";
+}
- bool sectionExists(const std::string §ion);
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+arrayParamOut(CheckpointOut &os, const std::string &name,
+ const std::list<T> ¶m)
+{
+ typename std::list<T>::const_iterator it = param.begin();
+
+ os << name << "=";
+ if (param.size() > 0)
+ showParam(os, *it);
+ it++;
+ while (it != param.end()) {
+ os << " ";
+ showParam(os, *it);
+ it++;
+ }
+ os << "\n";
+}
- // The following static functions have to do with checkpoint
- // creation rather than restoration. This class makes a handy
- // namespace for them though. Currently no Checkpoint object is
- // created on serialization (only unserialization) so we track the
- // directory name as a global. It would be nice to change this
- // someday
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+arrayParamOut(CheckpointOut &os, const std::string &name,
+ const std::set<T> ¶m)
+{
+ typename std::set<T>::const_iterator it = param.begin();
+
+ os << name << "=";
+ if (param.size() > 0)
+ showParam(os, *it);
+ it++;
+ while (it != param.end()) {
+ os << " ";
+ showParam(os, *it);
+ it++;
+ }
+ os << "\n";
+}
- private:
- // current directory we're serializing into.
- static std::string currentDirectory;
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+arrayParamOut(CheckpointOut &os, const std::string &name,
+ const T *param, unsigned size)
+{
+ os << name << "=";
+ if (size > 0)
+ showParam(os, param[0]);
+ for (unsigned i = 1; i < size; ++i) {
+ os << " ";
+ showParam(os, param[i]);
+ }
+ os << "\n";
+}
- public:
- // Set the current directory. This function takes care of
- // inserting curTick() if there's a '%d' in the argument, and
- // appends a '/' if necessary. The final name is returned.
- static std::string setDir(const std::string &base_name);
+/**
+ * Extract values stored in the checkpoint, and assign them to the provided
+ * array container.
+ *
+ * @param cp The checkpoint to be parsed.
+ * @param name Name of the container.
+ * @param param The array container.
+ * @param size The expected number of entries to be extracted.
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+arrayParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name,
+ T *param, unsigned size)
+{
+ const std::string §ion(Serializable::currentSection());
+ std::string str;
+ if (!cp.find(section, name, str)) {
+ fatal("Can't unserialize '%s:%s'\n", section, name);
+ }
- // Export current checkpoint directory name so other objects can
- // derive filenames from it (e.g., memory). The return value is
- // guaranteed to end in '/' so filenames can be directly appended.
- // This function is only valid while a checkpoint is being created.
- static std::string dir();
+ // code below stolen from VectorParam<T>::parse().
+ // it would be nice to unify these somehow...
- // Filename for base checkpoint file within directory.
- static const char *baseFilename;
-};
+ std::vector<std::string> tokens;
+
+ tokenize(tokens, str, ' ');
+
+ // Need this if we were doing a vector
+ // value.resize(tokens.size());
+
+ fatal_if(tokens.size() != size,
+ "Array size mismatch on %s:%s (Got %u, expected %u)'\n",
+ section, name, tokens.size(), size);
+
+ for (std::vector<std::string>::size_type i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+ // need to parse into local variable to handle vector<bool>,
+ // for which operator[] returns a special reference class
+ // that's not the same as 'bool&', (since it's a packed
+ // vector)
+ T scalar_value;
+ if (!parseParam(tokens[i], scalar_value)) {
+ std::string err("could not parse \"");
+
+ err += str;
+ err += "\"";
+
+ fatal(err);
+ }
+
+ // assign parsed value to vector
+ param[i] = scalar_value;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+arrayParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name, std::vector<T> ¶m)
+{
+ const std::string §ion(Serializable::currentSection());
+ std::string str;
+ if (!cp.find(section, name, str)) {
+ fatal("Can't unserialize '%s:%s'\n", section, name);
+ }
+
+ // code below stolen from VectorParam<T>::parse().
+ // it would be nice to unify these somehow...
+
+ std::vector<std::string> tokens;
+
+ tokenize(tokens, str, ' ');
+
+ // Need this if we were doing a vector
+ // value.resize(tokens.size());
+
+ param.resize(tokens.size());
+
+ for (std::vector<std::string>::size_type i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+ // need to parse into local variable to handle vector<bool>,
+ // for which operator[] returns a special reference class
+ // that's not the same as 'bool&', (since it's a packed
+ // vector)
+ T scalar_value;
+ if (!parseParam(tokens[i], scalar_value)) {
+ std::string err("could not parse \"");
+
+ err += str;
+ err += "\"";
+
+ fatal(err);
+ }
+
+ // assign parsed value to vector
+ param[i] = scalar_value;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+arrayParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name, std::list<T> ¶m)
+{
+ const std::string §ion(Serializable::currentSection());
+ std::string str;
+ if (!cp.find(section, name, str)) {
+ fatal("Can't unserialize '%s:%s'\n", section, name);
+ }
+ param.clear();
+
+ std::vector<std::string> tokens;
+ tokenize(tokens, str, ' ');
+
+ for (std::vector<std::string>::size_type i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+ T scalar_value;
+ if (!parseParam(tokens[i], scalar_value)) {
+ std::string err("could not parse \"");
+
+ err += str;
+ err += "\"";
+
+ fatal(err);
+ }
+
+ // assign parsed value to vector
+ param.push_back(scalar_value);
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+template <class T>
+void
+arrayParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name, std::set<T> ¶m)
+{
+ const std::string §ion(Serializable::currentSection());
+ std::string str;
+ if (!cp.find(section, name, str)) {
+ fatal("Can't unserialize '%s:%s'\n", section, name);
+ }
+ param.clear();
+
+ std::vector<std::string> tokens;
+ tokenize(tokens, str, ' ');
+
+ for (std::vector<std::string>::size_type i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+ T scalar_value;
+ if (!parseParam(tokens[i], scalar_value)) {
+ std::string err("could not parse \"");
+
+ err += str;
+ err += "\"";
+
+ fatal(err);
+ }
+
+ // assign parsed value to vector
+ param.insert(scalar_value);
+ }
+}
+
+void
+debug_serialize(const std::string &cpt_dir);
+
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+void
+objParamIn(CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name, SimObject * ¶m);
+
+//
+// These macros are streamlined to use in serialize/unserialize
+// functions. It's assumed that serialize() has a parameter 'os' for
+// the ostream, and unserialize() has parameters 'cp' and 'section'.
+
+
+/**
+ * \def SERIALIZE_SCALER(scaler)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_SCALAR(scalar) paramOut(cp, #scalar, scalar)
+
+/**
+ * \def UNSERIALIZE_SCALER(scalar)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(scalar) paramIn(cp, #scalar, scalar)
+
+/**
+ * \def UNSERIALIZE_OPT_SCALAR(scalar)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define UNSERIALIZE_OPT_SCALAR(scalar) optParamIn(cp, #scalar, scalar)
+
+// ENUMs are like SCALARs, but we cast them to ints on the way out
+
+/**
+ * \def SERIALIZE_ENUM(scalar)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_ENUM(scalar) paramOut(cp, #scalar, (int)scalar)
+
+/**
+ * \def UNSERIALIZE_ENUM(scaler)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define UNSERIALIZE_ENUM(scalar) \
+ do { \
+ int tmp; \
+ paramIn(cp, #scalar, tmp); \
+ scalar = static_cast<decltype(scalar)>(tmp); \
+ } while (0)
+
+/**
+ * \def SERIALIZE_ARRAY(member, size)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_ARRAY(member, size) \
+ arrayParamOut(cp, #member, member, size)
+
+/**
+ * \def UNSERIALIZE_ARRAY(member, size)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define UNSERIALIZE_ARRAY(member, size) \
+ arrayParamIn(cp, #member, member, size)
+
+/**
+ * \def SERIALIZE_CONTAINER(member)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_CONTAINER(member) \
+ arrayParamOut(cp, #member, member)
+
+/**
+ * \def UNSERIALIZE_CONTAINER(member)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define UNSERIALIZE_CONTAINER(member) \
+ arrayParamIn(cp, #member, member)
+
+/**
+ * \def SERIALIZE_EVENT(event)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_EVENT(event) event.serializeSection(cp, #event);
+
+/**
+ * \def UNSERIALIZE_EVENT(event)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define UNSERIALIZE_EVENT(event) \
+ do { \
+ event.unserializeSection(cp, #event); \
+ eventQueue()->checkpointReschedule(&event); \
+ } while (0)
+
+/**
+ * \def SERIALIZE_OBJ(obj)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_OBJ(obj) obj.serializeSection(cp, #obj)
+
+/**
+ * \def UNSERIALIZE_OBJ(obj)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define UNSERIALIZE_OBJ(obj) obj.unserializeSection(cp, #obj)
+
+/**
+ * \def SERIALIZE_OBJPTR(objptr)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define SERIALIZE_OBJPTR(objptr) paramOut(cp, #objptr, (objptr)->name())
+
+/**
+ * \def UNSERIALIZE_OBJPTR(objptr)
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_serialize
+ */
+#define UNSERIALIZE_OBJPTR(objptr) \
+ do { \
+ SimObject *sptr; \
+ objParamIn(cp, #objptr, sptr); \
+ objptr = dynamic_cast<decltype(objptr)>(sptr); \
+ } while (0)
#endif // __SERIALIZE_HH__