Re: [Boost-users] Sockets and structures?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Sockets and structures?
From: Rush Manbert (rush_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-25 15:50:50

On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:56 AM, pedro chaparro wrote:

> hi, i'm wondreing if using asio library can i send a structure and  
> not just string messages using the boost::asiio:write command? or  
> how could i do to send a structure which have many information fields?
> thanks
>

Hi Pedro,

For anything that doesn't involve pointers you could take a look at  
Thrift at http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/

Thrift supports lightweight cross-language and cross-platform RPC, as  
well as serialization to files.

The standard release is POSIX only, but I've added a Boost/Asio based  
port to Windows that's currently available as a patch.

- Rush