WORKFLOW_DESERIALIZE

A symbol used to define custom deserialization for user-defined class instances. The static method should accept serialized data and return a new class instance.

Usage

import { WORKFLOW_SERIALIZE, WORKFLOW_DESERIALIZE } from "@workflow/serde";

class Point {
  constructor(public x: number, public y: number) {}

  static [WORKFLOW_SERIALIZE](instance: Point) {
    return { x: instance.x, y: instance.y };
  }

  static [WORKFLOW_DESERIALIZE](data: { x: number; y: number }) {
    return new Point(data.x, data.y);
  }
}

API Signature

static [WORKFLOW_DESERIALIZE](data: SerializableData): T

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`data`	SerializableData	The serialized data to reconstruct into a class instance. This is the same data that was returned by WORKFLOW_SERIALIZE.

Returns

The method should return a new instance of the class, reconstructed from the serialized data.

Requirements

The method must be implemented as a static method on the class. Instance methods are not supported.

Both WORKFLOW_SERIALIZE and WORKFLOW_DESERIALIZE must be implemented together
The method receives the exact data that was returned by WORKFLOW_SERIALIZE
If WORKFLOW_SERIALIZE returns complex types (like Map or Date), they will be properly deserialized before being passed to this method