[boost] Marshalling library

From: Hans Larsen (hans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-13 14:36:00

Is there a marshaling library in boost and is there an interest in  
such a functionality?  Is the serializing library any use to marshall  
calls?

I've not seen any mails concerning marshaling recently, though I  
might have missed one.

Thanks,
Hans

I'm thinking something along the lines of the following.  Although it  
may not be possible, I think it is (maybe the function registry is  
not necessary).

int func( int i, int j )
{
        using namespace std;
        cout << "i: " << i << " j:" << k << endl;
        return i + j;
}

int main()
{
        using m = boost::marshall;
        using std;

        int funcid = 1;
        m::register_function( funcid, func ); // Using same principles as in  
boost::function for type safety.
        m::call x(funcid, 1, 2);
        string str = x.serialize();
        m::call y( str );
        try {
                cout << y() << endl;
        } catch( m::invalid_function x ) {
                cout << x.what() << endl;
        }
        return 0;
}

// ------
// Should output:
// i: 1 j: 2
// 3