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ee.Image.serialize
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Returns the serialized representation of this object.
| Usage | Returns | Image.serialize(legacy) | String |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: computedobject | ComputedObject | The ComputedObject instance. |
legacy | Boolean, optional | Enables legacy format. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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