[boost] [persistent] Library preview: Persistent

Subject: [boost] [persistent] Library preview: Persistent
From: Stefan Strasser (strasser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-25 12:03:26

Hi everyone,

I'm thinking about finishing a library that was proposed a couple of 
years ago. It was pretty far along, and there is documentation available 
in the sandbox (somewhat outdated):

https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/persistent/libs/persistent/doc/html/index.html

It is a library with the goal of storing C++ objects on disk, with an 
interface that is as close as possible to accessing regular C++ objects 
in memory. A very simple example could look like this:

shared_loc<person> p=...;
{
   transaction tx;
   p->name="...";
   p->address="...";
   tx.commit();
}

It is based on Boost.Serialization, but automatically maintains a 
consistent state on disk (ACID transactions), which can be updated 
incrementally.

Part of its code was moved to a library named Transact to work alongside 
other transactional resources (like memory) and is available in the sandbox:
https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/transaction/boost/transact/

I'd like to know whether the boost community is still interested in such 
a library, and I suppose there are quite a few new people here so your 
comments are welcome as well.

Thank You!