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#ifndef EMANESERIALIZABLE_HEADER_
#define EMANESERIALIZABLE_HEADER_

#include "emane/serializationexception.h"

#include <string>

namespace EMANE
{
  using Serialization = std::string;
  
  class Serializable
  {
  public:
    virtual ~Serializable(){}
    
    virtual Serialization serialize() const
    {
      throw SerializationException{"Not implemented"};
    }
    
  protected:
    Serializable() = default;
  };
}

#endif // EMANESERIALIZABLE_HEADER_