Re: [Boost-users] [serialization]-- serialize binary data to a memory buffer?

From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-16 12:18:34

On Oct 16, 2007, at 6:09 PM, Rich Peters wrote:

> I saw an example where boost serialized a text archive to a  
> strstream for sending via a socket.  I would like to do something  
> similar, but for binary data.
>
> Is there a way to do the binary serialization to a memory buffer,  
> and then send it elsewhere?   It doesnt seem like strstream and  
> boost::archive::binary_oarchive would mix correctly.
> I have also seen some discussion regarding a binary_iostreams  
> library, but its doesnt look like that exists yet.
>

You can use the Boost IOstreams library to create an iostream using a  
memory buffer and use that with the binary archives

Matthias