#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <stdexcept>

#include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp>

int main()
{
  int status = EXIT_FAILURE;
  int data;
  std::istringstream source("malformed archive");

  // attempting to load data from the archive. an archive_exception of the
  // "invalid_signature" should occur as described in the documentation :
  //     http://www.boost.org/libs/serialization/doc/exceptions.html
  // but all that I catch a std::exception in basic_string::resize.
  try
    {
      boost::archive::text_iarchive ia(source);
      ia >> data;
    }
  catch(const boost::archive::archive_exception &e)
    {
      std::cerr << "caught boost exception : " << e.what() << std::endl;
      status = (e.code == boost::archive::archive_exception::invalid_signature)
	? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
  catch(const std::exception &e)
    {
      std::cerr << "caught exception : " << e.what() << std::endl;
    }

  return EXIT_FAILURE;
}