Developing with MPQC V2 DescribedClass

• Each DescribedClass descendant has a ClassDesc

• ClassDesc keeps track of

  • Set of all ClassDesc’s known at runtime
  • Version of class (needed for save/restore)
  • Routine that can create an object given:
    • No arguments
    • A Ref<KeyVal> for creating an object from the input
    • A StateIn for restoring an object from disk

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