Re: [boost] serialize to / from XML question

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-11 16:37:29

jmzorko_at_[hidden] wrote:
> Hello, all ...
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> 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?

Your best bet is to stick with some sort of general XML parser.
Boost serialization syncronizes your file with the C++ data
structure.  You want the opposite. You want to fill yoru C++
data from some XML which serialization doesn't know about.

Robert Ramey

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