Re: [Boost-users] Serialization registration?

From: Sohail Somani (sohail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-11 16:21:42

Be warned that this is not thread-safe in the currently released versions 
of Boost. I meant to inspect the latest version for thread-safety but 
haven't got around to it (sorry Robert!)

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:17:13 +0000, Jerry wrote:

> Jeff, thanks.
> 
>> Look for the BOOST_...EXPORT macros, but they're still not automatic.
> 
> Yep, that does it. Certainly automatic enough.
> 
> For anyone searching the archives I think this is the archetype:
> 
> //---------header file-----------
> 
> // example derived serializable class class derived : public base
> {
>     std::string m_name;
>     friend class boost::serialization::access; template<class Archive>
>     void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int /*version*/)
>    {
>         // serialize base class
>         ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(base); // handle any
>         members in derived
>         ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(m_name);
>    }
>    public:
>    derived() {}
> };
> 
> // ensure correct ID generation when saving via base* // if this is
> omitted you'll get an unregistered exception unless // you register each
> class directly with the archive
> BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT_GUID(derived,"derived")
> 
> //---------/header file-----------

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