[Boost-users] [serialization] Implementing a JSON archive

Subject: [Boost-users] [serialization] Implementing a JSON archive
From: Leo Cacciari (leo.cacciari_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-16 05:06:38

Hi,
for a project I'm working on, I need to be able to send JSON-encoded
objects on a network connection. I though that extending the
xml_[io]archive classes could do the trick, given that JSON, just like
xml, is based on representing an object by a collection of NVPs
(name-value pairs). However, I was unable to find an explication on
_how_ to extend that class, and I lost myself very quickly  when I tried
to follow the code in the source.

Thus I'm wondering...

First, should I actually modify xml_[io]archive or should I extend
text_[io]archive by adding serialization of NVPs?

If, as I think, the right way  is to extend text_[io]archive, and more
so if I should actually extend/modify  xml_[io]archive, does anyone have
suggestion on how to do that?

Even better, does anyone have a JSON serializer I could use in a
(*commercial*) project?

Thanks a lot for your help

-- 
Leo Cacciari
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