def dump(self):
"""
Convert the object to a JSON dictionary, so that every entry is serialized.
Uses the json encoder client, so objects with uids are converted to LinkByUID dictionaries.
Returns
-------
str
A string representation of the object as a dictionary.
"""
from gemd.json import GEMDJson
encoder = GEMDJson()
return json.loads(encoder.raw_dumps(self))
def build(d):
"""
Build an object from a JSON dictionary.
This differs from `from_dict` in that the values themselves may *also* be dictionaries
corresponding to serialized DictSerializable objects.
Parameters
----------
d: dict
The object as a serialized dictionary.
Returns
-------
DictSerializable
The deserialized object.
"""
from gemd.json import GEMDJson
encoder = GEMDJson()
return encoder.raw_loads(encoder.raw_dumps(d))