Re: [Boost-users] Subject: [Serialization] Why is it not possible to serialize this structure through a pointer?

From: Jeshua Bratman (bratman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-09 15:11:57

Oliver Kania-3 wrote:
> 
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
>     //string filename("SerializeTest");
>     CUBE_INFO* c = new CUBE_INFO();
>     std::ofstream ofs("filename");
>     //std::ofstream ofs("filename" );
>     // save data to archive
>     {
>         boost::archive::text_oarchive oa( ofs );
>         // write class instance to archive
>         oa << ( c );
>         // archive and stream closed when destructors are called
>     }
>     return 0;
> } 
> 

Hello,

I've been playing with this all day and I was confused about this very same
problem. Try serializing a const pointer. This sort of thing worked for me:

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    //string filename("SerializeTest");
    CUBE_INFO* c = new CUBE_INFO();
    std::ofstream ofs("filename");
    //std::ofstream ofs("filename" );
    // save data to archive
    {
        boost::archive::text_oarchive oa( ofs );
        // write class instance to archive
        const CUBE_INFO* to_serialize = c; 
        oa << ( *to_serialize );
        // archive and stream closed when destructors are called
    }
    return 0;
} 

I'm not sure why yet, I'm looking into it right now. Hopefully that will
help though!

Jeshua Bratman
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