text: // Copyright 2007 The Closure Library Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  //
  // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  // You may obtain a copy of the License at
  //
  //      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  //
  // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
  // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  // limitations under the License.
  
  /**
   * @fileoverview Protocol buffer serializer.
   * @author arv@google.com (Erik Arvidsson)
   */
  
  goog.provide('goog.proto');
  
  
  goog.require('goog.proto.Serializer');
  
  
  /**
   * Instance of the serializer object.
   * @type {goog.proto.Serializer}
   * @private
   */
  goog.proto.serializer_ = null;
  
  
  /**
   * Serializes an object or a value to a protocol buffer string.
   * @param {Object} object The object to serialize.
   * @return {string} The serialized protocol buffer string.
   */
  goog.proto.serialize = function(object) {
    if (!goog.proto.serializer_) {
      goog.proto.serializer_ = new goog.proto.Serializer;
    }
    return goog.proto.serializer_.serialize(object);
  };
  