/**
* The queued EE_Message for generation does not save the data used for generation as objects
* because serialization of those objects could be problematic if the data is saved to the db.
* So this method calls the static method on the associated data_handler for the given message_type
* and that preps the data for later instantiation when generating.
*
* @param EE_Message_To_Generate $message_to_generate
* @param bool $preview Indicate whether this is being used for a preview or not.
* @return mixed Prepped data for persisting to the queue. false is returned if unable to prep data.
*/
protected function _prepare_data_for_queue(EE_Message_To_Generate $message_to_generate, $preview)
{
/** @type EE_Messages_incoming_data $data_handler - well not really... just the class name actually */
$data_handler = $message_to_generate->get_data_handler_class_name($preview);
if (!$message_to_generate->valid()) {
return false;
//unable to get the data because the info in the EE_Message_To_Generate class is invalid.
}
return $data_handler::convert_data_for_persistent_storage($message_to_generate->data());
}
