Re: [Boost-users] non-POD C++ objects and Boost.Interprocess

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] non-POD C++ objects and Boost.Interprocess
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-02 01:05:47

Selçuk Cevher escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to pass user-defined "non-POD" C++ class objects to 
> message queues and retrieve them back on the receiver side using 
> Boost.Interprocess ?
> 
> Thanks.

Yes, provided both processes are compiled with the same ABI, but 
remember that non-POD is limited to "non-virtual, non mutable static 
classes with non-raw pointers", the same classes you are allowed to put 
in managed_shared_memory. See:

"Limitations When Constructing Objects In Mapped Regions"

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/doc/html/interprocess/sharedmemorybetweenprocesses.html

Best,

Ion