[Boost-users] Help with serializating an abstract object

From: Jeffrey Holle (jeff.holle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-29 19:43:27

I'm running into trouble handling an abstract object in my attempt to 
apply boost.serialization to my application.

Since it doesn't have state, initially I didn't add serialize methods to 
this class, and got compilization errors for want of these methods.

Next, I added noop methods, and got errors because the serialization 
package attempted to construct an abstract class.

I see there is an is_abstract template, but don't know how to employ it.

Can somebody give me some pointers?

Note that I've choosen to implement non-templated serialize methods, 
using a forwared reference of the desired archive classes.

Should this template be in the definition file, or implementation file 
(inside or outside the serialize method(s))?