#
# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
#
# Copyright (C) 2000-2005  Donald N. Allingham
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
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#

"""
Secondary Object class for Gramps.
"""

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Standard Python modules
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
from abc import abstractmethod

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Gramps modules
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
from .baseobj import BaseObject

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Secondary Object class
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
class SecondaryObject(BaseObject):
    """
    The SecondaryObject is the base class for all secondary objects in the
    database.
    """

    @abstractmethod
    def serialize(self):
        """
        Convert the object to a serialized tuple of data.
        """

    @abstractmethod
    def unserialize(self, data):
        """
        Convert a serialized tuple of data to an object.
        """

    def is_equal(self, source):
        return self.serialize() == source.serialize()

    def is_equivalent(self, other):
        """
        Return if this object is equivalent to other.

        Should be overwritten by objects that inherit from this class.
        """
        pass
