def serialize(frugal_object,
protocol_factory=TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolFactory()):
"""Serialize a frugal entity to bytes."""
transport = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer()
fprotocolFactory = FProtocolFactory(protocol_factory)
protocol = fprotocolFactory.get_protocol(transport)
frugal_object.write(protocol)
return transport.getvalue()
def deserialize(base,
buf,
protocol_factory=TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolFactory()):
"""Deserialize a frugal object into a base instance of a frugal object."""
transport = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer(buf)
fprotocolFactory = FProtocolFactory(protocol_factory)
protocol = fprotocolFactory.get_protocol(transport)
base.read(protocol)
return base
