[Boost-users] [serialization] Serializing array of POD or custom type

Subject: [Boost-users] [serialization] Serializing array of POD or custom type
From: Kim Gadecki (gadecki_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-26 01:58:33

Hi everyone.

I'm trying to work out how you serialize arrays using the boost 
serializer. Here's a simplified example:

     struct node_link
     {
         u32 node_A;
         u32 node_B;
     };

     struct Node {
         node_link*                  m_node_links_array;
         int                                m_node_links_size;
     };

     // non-intrusive serialization
         template<class Archive>
         void serialize(Archive & ar, node_link& link, const unsigned 
int version)
         {
             ar & link.node_A;
             ar & link.node_B;
         }

         template<class Archive>
         void serialize(Archive & ar, Node& node_data, const unsigned 
int version)
         {
             ar & 
boost::serialization::array<node_link>(node_data.m_node_links_array, 
node_data.m_node_links_size);
             ar & node_data.m_node_links_size;
         }

This seems to work for serializing but I get an error on de-serialization.

Can anyone tell me the correct way to do this?

Thanks