helene/data/serialization.d.ts

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/**
 * Serialize an object to be persisted to a one-line string
 * For serialization/deserialization, we use the native JSON parser and not eval or Function
 * That gives us less freedom but data entered the database may come from users
 * so eval and the like are not safe
 * Accepted primitive types: Number, String, Boolean, Date, null
 * Accepted secondary types: Objects, Arrays
 */
export declare function serialize(obj: Record<string, any>): string;
/**
 * From a one-line representation of an object generate by the serialize function
 * Return the object itself
 */
export declare function deserialize(rawData: string): any;