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\name{lgb.restore_handle}
\alias{lgb.restore_handle}
\title{Restore the C++ component of a de-serialized LightGBM model}
\usage{
lgb.restore_handle(model)
}
\arguments{
\item{model}{\code{lgb.Booster} object which was de-serialized and whose underlying C++ object and R handle
need to be restored.}
}
\value{
\code{lgb.Booster} (the same `model` object that was passed as input, invisibly).
}
\description{
After a LightGBM model object is de-serialized through functions such as \code{save} or
\code{saveRDS}, its underlying C++ object will be blank and needs to be restored to able to use it. Such
object is restored automatically when calling functions such as \code{predict}, but this function can be
used to forcibly restore it beforehand. Note that the object will be modified in-place.
}
\examples{
library(lightgbm)
data("agaricus.train")
model <- lightgbm(
  agaricus.train$data
  , agaricus.train$label
  , params = list(objective = "binary", nthreads = 1L)
  , nrounds = 5L
  , verbose = 0)
fname <- tempfile(fileext="rds")
saveRDS(model, fname)

model_new <- readRDS(fname)
model_new$check_null_handle()
lgb.restore_handle(model_new)
model_new$check_null_handle()
}
\seealso{
\link{lgb.make_serializable}, \link{lgb.drop_serialized}.
}
