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.. _software_state:

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software_state
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This module contains two classes, :ref:`software_state_State` and
:ref:`software_state_DiagnosticPickler`, which are used to save the state of the
software so it can restart at the same point in an experiment at which it crashed.

.. _software_state_DiagnosticPickler:

class DiagnosticPickler(pickle.Pickler)
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.. autoclass:: microscope_automation.util.software_state.DiagnosticPickler
    :members:

.. _software_state_State:

class State(object)
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.. autoclass:: microscope_automation.util.software_state.State
    :members: