+let magic = 0;;
+
+let path_of_baseuri baseuri =
+ let uri = NUri.string_of_uri baseuri in
+ let path = String.sub uri 4 (String.length uri - 4) in
+ let path = Helm_registry.get "matita.basedir" ^ path in
+ let dirname = Filename.dirname path in
+ HExtlib.mkdir dirname;
+ path ^ ".ng"
+;;
+
+let serialize ~baseuri dump =
+ let ch = open_out (path_of_baseuri baseuri) in
+ Marshal.to_channel ch (magic,dump) [Marshal.Closures];
+ close_out ch;
+ List.iter
+ (fun (uri,obj) ->
+ let ch = open_out (path_of_baseuri uri) in
+ Marshal.to_channel ch (magic,obj) [];
+ close_out ch
+ ) !storage;
+ time_travel time0;
+;;
+
+let require ~baseuri =
+ let ch = open_in (path_of_baseuri baseuri) in
+ let mmagic,dump = Marshal.from_channel ch in
+ close_in ch;
+ if mmagic <> magic then
+ raise (LibraryOutOfSync (lazy "The library is out of sync with the implementation. Please recompile the library."))
+ else
+ dump
+;;
+
+let decompile ~baseuri =
+ Unix.unlink (path_of_baseuri baseuri)
+ (* WE ARE NOT REMOVING ALL THE OBJECTS YET! *)
+;;
+
+(* the miracles of Marshal... *)
+let fetch_obj uri =
+ let obj = require ~baseuri:uri in
+ (* here we need to refresh the URIs! *)
+ obj
+;;
+