[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #2263: [raster] Audit usage of serialize/deserialize vs wkb/hexwkb

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#2263: [raster] Audit usage of serialize/deserialize vs wkb/hexwkb
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  Reporter:  Bborie Park  |      Owner:  Bborie Park
      Type:  task         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  high         |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.5.0
 Component:  raster       |    Version:  trunk
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Changes (by Bborie Park):

 * milestone:  PostGIS Fund Me => PostGIS 2.5.0


Comment:

 The functions and what they're currently doing...

 {{{
 /*
         RASTER INPUTS
 */

 -- expects input to be Hex WKB
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION raster_in(cstring)
     RETURNS raster
     AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME','RASTER_in'
     LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT _PARALLEL;

 -- TODO: does not exist yet
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION st_rastfromwkb(raster)
     RETURNS bytea
     AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'RASTER_fromWKB'
     LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT _PARALLEL;

 -- expects output to be HEX WKB
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION raster_out(raster)
     RETURNS cstring
     AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME','RASTER_out'
     LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT _PARALLEL;

 /*
         RASTER OUTPUTS
 */

 -- expects output to be WKB
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION bytea(raster)
     RETURNS bytea
     AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'RASTER_to_bytea'
     LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT _PARALLEL;

 -- TODO needs better/descriptive name
 -- expects output to be WKB
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION st_asbinary(raster, outasin boolean DEFAULT
 FALSE)
     RETURNS bytea
     AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'RASTER_to_binary'
     LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT _PARALLEL;

 -- TODO: does not exist yet
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION st_ashexwkb(raster, outasin boolean DEFAULT
 FALSE)
     RETURNS text
     AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'RASTER_asHexWKB'
     LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT _PARALLEL;
 }}}

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