lib/webdriver/serializable.js

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15
16goog.provide('webdriver.Serializable');
17
18
19
20/**
21 * Defines an object that can be asynchronously serialized to its WebDriver
22 * wire representation.
23 *
24 * @constructor
25 * @template T
26 */
27webdriver.Serializable = function() {};
28
29
30/**
31 * Returns either this instance's serialized represention, if immediately
32 * available, or a promise for its serialized representation. This function is
33 * conceptually equivalent to objects that have a {@code toJSON()} property,
34 * except the serialize() result may be a promise or an object containing a
35 * promise (which are not directly JSON friendly).
36 *
37 * @return {!(T|IThenable.<!T>)} This instance's serialized wire format.
38 */
39webdriver.Serializable.prototype.serialize = goog.abstractMethod;