Hi,

How to validate datatype before it gets deserialized?

e.g.

struct Abc

{

std::map<string,string> tmpMap;

int a;

float d;

std::list<string> stringList;

void serialize(boost::archive::polymorphic_oarchive & ar, const unsigned int file_version)

{

ar & tmpMap;

ar & a;

ar & d;

ar & stringList;

}

void serialize(boost::archive::polymorphic_iarchive & ar, const unsigned int file_version)

{

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/* Now the right thing to do over here is

ar & tmpMap;

ar & a;

ar & d;

ar & stringList;

*/

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//But instead, if by mistake user writes something like

ar & a;

ar & d;

ar & stringList;

ar & tmpMap;

/*

So how to handle such problem?

Can I validate data somehow before it gets deserialized?

On some platforms like SuSE linux I have observed that such thing doesn't throw exception and we get SEGV.

*/

}

};

Thanks,

Sameer