Re: [Boost-users] Serialization "stream error" when usingbinary_iarchive/binary_oarchive & make_binary_object, but xml_iarchive & text_iarchive suceeds

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-20 15:30:44

Double check that the stream is opened with ios::binary.  This is a common 
gotcha
that shows up in this circumstance.

Robert Ramey

Terence Wilson wrote:
> I've been scratching my head trying to figure this one out for a few
> days. My code serializes xml_iarchive & text_iarchive with no
> problems, however, when I substitute the binary_iarchive I get a
> "stream error" serialization exception thrown during the
> make_binary_object call when reading a binary file:
>
> template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned
> int)
> {
> ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(CImageDataBase2D);
>
> if (Archive::is_loading::value)
> {
> Alloc();
> }
>
> //ar & boost::serialization::make_nvp("ImageData",
> boost::serialization::make_binary_object(m_pData, sizeof(T)*m_x*m_y));
>
> const int blobSize=sizeof(T)*m_x*m_y;
> _ASSERTE(blobSize);
> ar & boost::serialization::make_nvp("ImageData",
> boost::serialization::make_binary_object(m_pData, blobSize));
> }
>
> I've tried to excise the relevant code to a console project, however,
> it has tentacles and will take a few more days. In the mean time I
> would appreciate help from anyone that might have a suggestion.
>
> I've looked at the code and can find nothing wrong, as I said, ASCII
> and XML serialization works flawlessly
>
> I'm using Visual Studio 8 with Boost 1.33.1.