# File lib/openid/stores.rb, line 26
    def ConsumerAssociation.serialize(assoc)
      data = [
        '1',
        assoc.server_url,
        assoc.handle,
        OpenID::Util.toBase64(assoc.secret),
        assoc.issued.to_i.to_s,
        assoc.lifetime.to_i.to_s
      ]
  
      lines = ""
      (0...@@assoc_keys.length).collect do |i| 
        lines += "#{@@assoc_keys[i]}: #{data[i]}\n"
      end
    
      lines
    end