Re: [Boost-users] easy serialization question

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-09 11:22:40

Use free serialization functions.  This is referred to in the documentation 
as "non-intrusive".  Look through the documentation and examples.

Robert Ramey

Mark Wyszomierski wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using the boost serialization methods, they're great. I'm using
> some 3rd party classes that I don't have access to, so I can't add a
> serialize() member function to them. It's something like:
>
> class CMyClass {
>    int m_nWhatever;
>    CSomeClass m_sc; // I am just using this from someone else's
> library....
>
>    void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
>    {
>        ar & version;
>        ar & m_nWhatever;
>        ar & m_sc; // fails!!!
>    }
> }
>
> how can I get around this?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark