Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] best practice for boost::serialization + BerkeleyDB?

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-15 17:01:51

Andy Schlaikjer wrote:
> I'm interested in using boost::serialization for some small classes 
> which need to be backed by a database.
> 
> I thought I'd try and take advantage of boost::serialization to manage 
> the basic marshaling of objects into/out of a binary format, and use 
> BerkeleyDB for database support.
> 
> Unfortunately, I looked around for some prior art, but couldn't find 
> any, so I'm posting here a small example of my own with the hope that 
> others may lend feedback on this basic approach, or else find use for 
> the ideas here in their own work.

If you are going to go through the steps to shove objects into a 
database you might want to consider existing domain specific solutions. 
For example the various databases written by Konstantin Knizhnik 
<http://www.garret.ru/~knizhnik/databases.html>.

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