From: Robert Oliver <rob@...>
Date: 2006-10-24T09:24:01+09:00
Subject: Re: How do you save the contents of an object?

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Yes, it's called Marshaling.

# Create a trivial object
a = "Object to save"

# Save it to stored_object
stored_object = Marshal.dump(a)

# Destroy "a"
a = nil

# Restore the object
a = Marshal.load(stored_object)

You can read more about it here:
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Marshal.html

Ruby makes it a breeze to implement. You can also use YAML to save your
Marshaled object data via YAML's dump and load methods.  See more about that
here: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/YAML.html

Hope this helps!

On 10/23/06, Steve Quezadas <steve@tripperjones.com> wrote:
>
> Is there an easy way to save the contents of an object in ruby?
>
> This is hard to google, so I am posting it up. I just need a general
> idea (if anyoen has it), you don't have to spell it out for me.
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


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