[Boost-users] serialization of vector of pointers

From: Stathis (stathis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-01 02:21:47

Hi,

What is the right way to serialize/deserialize a container of pointers, e.g. std::vector< int* > ?
I want to store the values, not the addresses in this case. Should I just flatten my data and store 
it in a different fashion, then read the flat data and build my objects with a builder?

I ended up storing the size of the container in a separate variable before the data, when 
serializing. Then when deserializing, I use this size value to scale the container, create new ints, 
read their individual values via the deserialized data values and finally store them back to the new 
object. Can you give an example of how to do this better?

cheers,
--stathis