----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander Samad <a...@samad.com.au>
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:35 pm
Subject: Programming question
To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Hi
>
> I was wondering if it is possible to decode this javascript from the
> command line
>
>
> var serializer = new Serializer()
> serializer.deserialize('B64ENCe30=')
>
> can't find any reference on how serialize works and can't find any
> cmdline tools to help
>
> Alex
>
Hi Alex,
I'm not an expert, but my understanding is that serialization is a process
which converts various data types into a byte stream which can be stored and
transmitted like a string. If you had some serialized data stored in a file
and you knew what scheme was used to serialize the data, you might be able to
use a tool such as "dd" to decode it. I'm not sure if there is a standard
serialization encoding scheme, though, or if it is implemented differently
across various programming languages. The Wikipedia article on serialization
might answer some questions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serialization
Hope this helps.
- Dave
