Serializers¶

Serialization in NumPy NPZ format¶

NumPy serializers can be used in arbitrary environments that Chainer runs with. It consists of asymmetric serializer/deserializer due to the fact that numpy.savez() does not support online serialization. Therefore, serialization requires two-step manipulation: first packing the objects into a flat dictionary, and then serializing it into npz format.

`chainer.serializers.DictionarySerializer`	Serializer for dictionary.
`chainer.serializers.NpzDeserializer`	Deserializer for NPZ format.
`chainer.serializers.save_npz`	Saves an object to the file in NPZ format.
`chainer.serializers.load_npz`	Loads an object from the file in NPZ format.

Serialization in HDF5 format¶

`chainer.serializers.HDF5Serializer`	Serializer for HDF5 format.
`chainer.serializers.HDF5Deserializer`	Deserializer for HDF5 format.
`chainer.serializers.save_hdf5`	Saves an object to the file in HDF5 format.
`chainer.serializers.load_hdf5`	Loads an object from the file in HDF5 format.

Serializers base classes¶

`chainer.Serializer`	Base class of all serializers.
`chainer.AbstractSerializer`	Abstract base class of all serializers and deserializers.
`chainer.Deserializer`	Base class of all deserializers.