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 <cffunction name="serializeObject" output="false" access="public" returntype="any" hint="Serialize an object and optionally save it into a file.">
        	<cfargument name="target"   type="any" 		required="true" 	hint="The complex object, such as a query or CFC, that will be serialized."/>
	   	<cfargument name="filePath" type="string" 	required="false" 	hint="The path of the file in which to save the serialized data."/>
	   	<cfargument name="algorithm" type="string" 	required="false" 	default="" hint="Override the instance algorithm."/>
		<cfscript>
			var binaryData = "";
			
			if(len(trim(arguments.algorithm))){
				local.algorithm = arguments.algorithm;
			}else{
				local.algorithm = instance.algorithm;
			}

			// Which algorithm to use?
			switch(local.algorithm){
				case "generic" : {
					binaryData = serializeGeneric(arguments.target);
					break;
				}
				case "railo" : {
					binaryData = serializeRailo(arguments.target);
					break;
				}
				case "objectSave" : {
					binaryData = serializeWithObjectSave(arguments.target);
					break;
				}
			}

			// Save to File?
			if( structKeyExists(arguments,"filePath") ){
				saveToFile(arguments.filePath,binaryData);
			}

			return binaryData;
		</cfscript>
	</cffunction>