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+Serializing a resource
+
+~~~
+    long serializeResource(RequestProcessor processor, Resource resource) throws DatabaseException {
+        SerialisationSupport ss = processor.getService(SerialisationSupport.class);
+        return ss.getRandomAccessId(resource);
+    }
+    String serializeResourceToString(RequestProcessor processor, Resource resource) throws DatabaseException {
+        return String.valueOf(serializeResource(processor, resource));
+    }
+~~~
+
+Deserializing a resource
+
+~~~
+    Resource deserializeResource(ReadGraph graph, long randomAccessId) throws DatabaseException {
+        SerialisationSupport ss = session.getService(SerialisationSupport.class);
+        return rs.getResource(randomAccessId);
+    }
+    Resource deserializeResource(ReadGraph graph, String randomAccessId) throws DatabaseException, NumberFormatException {
+        return deserializeResource(graph, Long.parseLong(randomAccessId));
+    }
+~~~