Re: [Boost-users] Boost serialization through base class

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost serialization through base class
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-13 15:17:13

Joe Drumm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried using the most basic example I can find in the
> documentation to serialize a class using a pointer to a polymorphic
> base.  However, it only serializes the base class.  I'm currently on
> 1.34.1.
>
> Am I missing something obvious?  Sample code below:
>
> class base
> {
> public:
>        friend class boost::serialization::access;
>        template<class Archive>
>        void serialize(Archive& ar, const unsigned int)
>        {
>        }
        virtual ~base(); // add this
> };

Make the base class polymorphic by adding the above.

Did it not emit a compiler warning with a pointer to the
the documentation?

Robert Ramey