Thanks!
Mn

> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:56:27 -0400
> From: me22.ca+boost@gmail.com
> To: boost-users@lists.boost.org
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] XML optional field
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 02:56, Emanuele Rocci <rocciemanuele@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I would like to build a configuration file for my application in XML.
> > The Configuration files includes also optional sections
> > i.e. there might be properties that are not required to be
> > defined by the user.
> >
> > If I use BOOST serialization to load this file, the XML format seems to me
> > that forces every field of the XML field to be REQUIRED.
> >
> > Do you know if with Boost serialization for XML there is some mechanism
> > allowing or handling optional Xml field?
> >
>
> For something that a user is supposed to be able to edit,
> Boost.Serialization is usually not the correct choice (afaik).
>
> Have you considered the boost.program_options library?
> http://www.boost.org/libs/program_options
>
> HTH,
> ~ Scott
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