+bool unit_can_serialize(Unit *u) {
+ assert(u);
+
+ return UNIT_VTABLE(u)->serialize && UNIT_VTABLE(u)->deserialize_item;
+}
+
+int unit_serialize(Unit *u, FILE *f, FDSet *fds) {
+ int r;
+
+ assert(u);
+ assert(f);
+ assert(fds);
+
+ if (!unit_can_serialize(u))
+ return 0;
+
+ if ((r = UNIT_VTABLE(u)->serialize(u, f, fds)) < 0)
+ return r;
+
+ /* End marker */
+ fputc('\n', f);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void unit_serialize_item_format(Unit *u, FILE *f, const char *key, const char *format, ...) {
+ va_list ap;
+
+ assert(u);
+ assert(f);
+ assert(key);
+ assert(format);
+
+ fputs(key, f);
+ fputc('=', f);
+
+ va_start(ap, format);
+ vfprintf(f, format, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ fputc('\n', f);
+}
+
+void unit_serialize_item(Unit *u, FILE *f, const char *key, const char *value) {
+ assert(u);
+ assert(f);
+ assert(key);
+ assert(value);
+
+ fprintf(f, "%s=%s\n", key, value);
+}
+
+int unit_deserialize(Unit *u, FILE *f, FDSet *fds) {
+ int r;
+
+ assert(u);
+ assert(f);
+ assert(fds);
+
+ if (!unit_can_serialize(u))
+ return 0;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ char line[1024], *l, *v;
+ size_t k;
+
+ if (!fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)) {
+ if (feof(f))
+ return 0;
+ return -errno;
+ }
+
+ l = strstrip(line);
+
+ /* End marker */
+ if (l[0] == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ k = strcspn(l, "=");
+
+ if (l[k] == '=') {
+ l[k] = 0;
+ v = l+k+1;
+ } else
+ v = l+k;
+
+ if ((r = UNIT_VTABLE(u)->deserialize_item(u, l, v, fds)) < 0)
+ return r;
+ }
+}
+
+