Re: [boost] Class serialization

From: martin.ecker_at_[hidden]
Date: 2004-11-09 05:14:09

Peter Dimov wrote:
>> In general, I propose adding some sort of user data mechanism to
>> archives.
>
> What do you suggest along those lines? 

We have found it necessary to associate user data with archives in 
certain circumstances. In our case, I have simply added a boost::any 
as member data to every archive (by introducing a base class for all 
archives, since currently input and output archives do not have a 
common base class).

Some classes in our system require that this boost::any contain 
specific state objects that are then accessed in serialization code. 
One example is the shared_ptr registry we're using, but we also have 
other objects that we store as user data in archives.

For example, one part of our system uses a 3rd party library that has 
its own serialization system. In order to integrate it with our system 
that uses boost::serialization, we have to associate user data with a 
boost::serialization archive that contains a serialization stream of 
the 3rd party library. Now, if during the deserialization of our 
objects we encounter a pointer to a 3rd party library object, we 
trigger the 3rd party library's serialization system directly from our 
serialization code.

Best Regards,
Martin 

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