Re:[boost] [serialization] Private ctor again

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-04 19:17:27

Vladimir Prus wrote:

>Say I have class "Data" with private constructor. I serialize it like this

>   binary_oarchive oa(...);
>   Data data(....);
>   oa << data;

>Now, how do I deserialize it? I can't write

>   Data data;
>   ia >> data;

>Since ctor is private. I would guess it's still possible to deserialize this 
>class, but I don't know how.

what's the matter with

   Data data(....);
   ia >> data;

I don't see how the fact you want to construct different ways is related
serialization.  Unless its a pointer, serialization presumes the
instance has already been constructed.  How this is done is
outside the influence of the serialization library.

Robert Ramey