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#ifndef __ETCHLISTSERIALIZER_H__
#define __ETCHLISTSERIALIZER_H__

#include "common/EtchList.h"
#include "common/EtchNativeArray.h"
#include "serialization/EtchImportExportHelper.h"
#include "serialization/EtchStructValue.h"
#include "serialization/EtchField.h"
#include "serialization/EtchClass2TypeMap.h"
#include "serialization/EtchValidatorObject.h"

class EtchRuntime;

class EtchListSerializer : public EtchImportExportHelper {
public:

  /**
   * Constructor
   */
  EtchListSerializer(EtchRuntime* runtime, EtchType* type, EtchField* field);

  /**
   * Destructor
   */
  virtual ~EtchListSerializer();

  /**
   * @see EtchImportExportHelper
   */
  virtual status_t exportValue(EtchValueFactory* vf, capu::SmartPointer<EtchObject> value, EtchStructValue *&result);

  /**
   * @see EtchImportExportHelper
   */
  virtual status_t importValue(EtchStructValue* value, capu::SmartPointer<EtchObject> &result);

  /**
   * Defines custom fields in the value factory so that the importer can find them.
   * @param type
   * @param class2type
   */
  static status_t Init(EtchRuntime* runtime, EtchType* type, EtchClass2TypeMap* class2type);

private:
  EtchField mField;
  EtchType* mType;
  const static EtchString& FIELD_NAME();
};

#endif /* ETCHLISTSERIALIZER_H */