[boost] serialize to / from XML question

From: jmzorko_at_[hidden]
Date: 2006-08-11 11:32:39

Hello, all ...

I've successfully used the Boost serialization classes to read our  
config file, as well as write updates to it.  It seems to work well  
enough, and i'm appreciative of the effort that someone put into  
making these classes work.

My question, though, is about this: There is another XML file that we  
have to read, that is generated by a server process that we do not  
directly control.  We're currently using TinyXML to read from this  
XML file, but we would like to replace its' usage with something  
Boosty.  The thing is, the current Boost serialization classes seem  
to need some special tags and attributes in the XML  
(boost_serialization tag, class_id / tracking_level / version  
attributes) to read from it, and the server process which creates  
this XML file doesn't put those attributes in there (and we would  
prefer to not have the maintainers of that process make a change just  
for us).  Is there another way I can use Boost to read from an XML,  
and fill an object with its' values (like the serialization classes  
do), without needing those special tags / attrbutes?

Regards,

John

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