Re: [boost] best way to serialize a GIL image

Subject: Re: [boost] best way to serialize a GIL image
From: Kenny Riddile (kfriddile_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-25 20:27:03

Tom Brinkman wrote:
> int width = 200;
> int height = 200;
> rgb8_image_t img(width,height);
> unsigned char* buffer = interleaved_view_get_raw_data(view(img));
> 
> FILE* fd = fopen(path,"wb");
> fprintf(fd, "P6\n# CREATOR: unknown\n%d %d\n255\n",width,height);
> fwrite(buffer,1,width*height*3,fd);
> fclose(fd);
> 
> GIL is just a wrapper around your buffer.  No direct serialization
> support is provided nor needed.
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My question wasn't about how to write a GIL image to a file, it was 
about the most efficient way to serialize it to a boost archive.  The 
class that owns the GIL image in my case also has other state and the 
entire class instance needs to be serializable.  Obviously I can get the 
raw data and serialize that out, but when reading in from the archive 
wouldn't I have to read it in to a temporary buffer and then use that 
buffer to reconstruct the GIL image?  I'd rather not perform extra 
copies of pixel data like that if I don't have to.