# Copyright 2004-2011 Tom Rothamel <pytom@bishoujo.us>
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class Object(object):
    """
    Our own base class. Contains methods to simplify serialization.
    """

    __version__ = 0
    
    nosave = [ ]

    def __getstate__(self):
        rv = vars(self).copy()
        
        for f in self.nosave:
            if f in rv:
                del rv[f]


        rv["__version__"] = self.__version__
                
        return rv


    # None, to prevent this from being called when unnecessary.
    after_setstate = None

    def __setstate__(self, new_dict):

        version = new_dict.pop("__version__", 0)
        
        self.__dict__.update(new_dict)
        
        if version != self.__version__:
            self.after_upgrade(version) # E1101
            
        if self.after_setstate:
            self.after_setstate() # E1102

# We don't handle slots with this mechanism, since the call to vars should
# throw an error.
