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Serializable::serialize

String representation of object

Description

abstract public string Serializable::serialize ( void )

Should return the string representation of the object.

Note:

This method acts as the destructor of the object. The __destruct() method will not be called after this method.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the string representation of the object or NULL

Errors/Exceptions

Throws Exception when returning other types than strings and NULL.

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