opencomputers-openos-serialization.md

serialization

Summary

Convert Lua values to source-like text and restore them back into Lua values.

Availability

• Repository: opencomputers
• System: openos
• Type: library

Source

• OpenComputers/src\main\resources\assets\opencomputers\loot\openos\lib\serialization.lua

Usage

local serialization = require("serialization")

API

serialization.serialize(value, pretty)

• Description: Turn numbers, strings, booleans, nil, and tables into Lua-literal-like text, with optional pretty formatting.
• Parameters:
  • value
  • pretty

serialization.serialize(nil, nil)

serialization.unserialize(data)

• Description: Evaluate serialized text inside a restricted environment and return the reconstructed Lua value.
• Parameters:
  • data

serialization.unserialize(nil)

Notes

• Pretty mode is convenient for display, but it may emit output that cannot be round-tripped back through unserialize.