Some work on entity serialization.

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.BL/Serialization/EntitySerializationFlags.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.BL/Serialization/EntitySerializationFlags.cs
index 1491fb2e5..1993b64a0 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.BL/Serialization/EntitySerializationFlags.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.BL/Serialization/EntitySerializationFlags.cs
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ namespace Tango.BL.Serialization
         IgnoreGuids = 1,
         IgnoreReferenceTypes = 2,
         IgnoreCollections = 4,
+        PreserveReferencesHandling = 8,
+        Indented = 16,
     }
 }
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.BL/Serialization/ISerializableEntity.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.BL/Serialization/ISerializableEntity.cs
index 8a3c7d54b..80ac96046 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.BL/Serialization/ISerializableEntity.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.BL/Serialization/ISerializableEntity.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,31 @@ namespace Tango.BL.Serialization
     /// </summary>
     public interface ISerializableEntity
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the default serialization strategy.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="flags">The serialization flags.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
         EntitySerializationStrategy GetDefaultSerializationStrategy(EntitySerializationFlags flags);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the entity to a json string using the specified serialization strategy.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="serializationStrategy">The serialization strategy.</param>
+        /// <param name="flags">The flags.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        String ToJson(EntitySerializationStrategy serializationStrategy, EntitySerializationFlags flags);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the entity to a json string using the default serialization strategy.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        String ToJson();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Merges the specified json string into this entity.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="json">The json.</param>
+        void PopulateFromJson(String json);
     }
 }