Re: [boost] [Boost Review] Property Tree Library

From: Jorge Lodos (lodos_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-21 15:10:17

> > I mean that only one property (which of course could 
> contain others) 
> > could be loaded (or saved) at a time. Not the whole tree. For 
> > instance, if my tree corresponds to a windows registry key, it is 
> > desirable to load or save a single value without loading or 
> saving all 
> > the values in the key.
> 
> I am quite sure Serialization lib will allow you to do this. 
> Just apply it to appropriate field.
> 
It requires a lot of work. The serialization library does not provide a
model for in-memory property storage, nor does it provide a windows registry
archive (the last time I saw). Applying serialization to appropiate fields
implies I already have those fields somehow organized.
The way I see it, PT is the serialization library plus in-memory property
storage. Perhaps it could have used serialization internally and
serialization archives for loading and saving. As I said before, the real
difference could be the loading and saving of some of the properties in the
memory storage, without having to load/save them all.

Cheers
Jorge