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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] Implementing a JSON archive
From: Richard Rowlands (richard.rowlands_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-16 07:19:57

Leo,

Check out the Boost PropertyTree Library. This has a JSON parser. I did use
this to communicate JSON about 4 or 5 years ago before it was accepted to
Boost and it worked well for my needs.

Regards,
Richard
On 16 September 2011 10:06, Leo Cacciari <leo.cacciari_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> 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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