Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] Serializing to a void * and a size?

From: Baranowski, Daniel (dbaranowski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-12 09:44:18

> From: "Robert Ramey"
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] Serializing to a void * and
> 	a	size?
..snip..
> Look inthe documenation Reference/Serializable Concept/Serialzation
> Wrappers/ Binary Objects
..snip..
> >   // Create an object on the heap
> >   A * pA = new A;
> >   pA->x = 1234567890;
> >
> >   // serialize it
> >   std::ostringstream sTestBinary1;
> >   boost::archive::binary_oarchive oa(sTestBinary1);
>      oa << binary_object(sizeof(A), pA);
..snip..

Thanks for replying Robert! 

I'm not quite sure that's what I was after though. I'm concerned with
when I make class A more complicated and it holds data that is beyond
the sizeof(A), such as a pointer to data new'ed on the heap. Since I'm
new with the serialization library, bear with me, if I completely missed
what binary_object does. 

What I am trying to do is basically get all the data that would be
written to the file when using a binary_oarchive (or text_oarchive if
that would be better). Then take that data, and pass it off as a void *
to that data that was serialized and the sizeof that data. I think what
you showed me, while usefully, is a quick way of serializing a simple
struct/class.

The more I think about this, the more I wonder if this is a boost
question or a stream question. Never-the-less, if you have any advice, I
would be very thankful.

Regards,
Daniel
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