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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+/** @file
+ * Helper functions for (de)serializing objects to/from ASCII strings.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NSSERIALIZATIONHELPER_H_
+#define NSSERIALIZATIONHELPER_H_
+
+#include "nsStringFwd.h"
+#include "nsISerializationHelper.h"
+#include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
+
+class nsISerializable;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize an object to an ASCII string.
+ */
+nsresult NS_SerializeToString(nsISerializable* obj,
+                              nsCSubstring& str);
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize an object.
+ */
+nsresult NS_DeserializeObject(const nsCSubstring& str,
+                              nsISupports** obj);
+
+class nsSerializationHelper final : public nsISerializationHelper
+{
+  ~nsSerializationHelper() {}
+
+  NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
+  NS_DECL_NSISERIALIZATIONHELPER
+};
+
+#endif