Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] skipping top node "<boost_serialization signature...>"

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] skipping top node "<boost_serialization signature...>"
From: Sebastian Mach (phresnel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-26 05:00:51

It seems like "boost::archive::no_header" is the right flag to construct
xml_[io]archive with, though I can't test this right now as I can't install
boost on this box.

2009/8/26 Sebastian Mach <phresnel_at_[hidden]>

> Good morning everyone
>
> I'd like to use boost::serialization for the generation of xml-files. The
> format of those files shall not be specific to or dependent of boost, i.e.
> I'd like boost to not write the root-node of "<boost_serialization
> signature="serialization::archive" version=...>".
>
> E.g., instead of
>
>   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
>   <!DOCTYPE boost_serialization>
>   <boost_serialization signature="serialization::archive" version="4">
>   <picogen-qt-scene class_id="0" tracking_level="0" version="0">
>       <comment>hello world!</comment>
>       <fenum>two</fenum>
>   </picogen-qt-scene>
>   </boost_serialization>
>
> I would prefer
>
>   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
>   <picogen-qt-scene class_id="0" tracking_level="0" version="0">
>       <comment>hello world!</comment>
>       <fenum>two</fenum>
>   </picogen-qt-scene>
>
>
> . I wonder if this is possible without tweakage of boost components
> (meaning that I would have to fork or write patches). I tried the
> serialization-documentation and google, but could not find appropriate
> information (or maybe I missed the right words).
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Sebastian Mach
> http://picogen.org
>