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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] Serializing array of POD or custom type
From: Krzysztof Czainski (1czajnik_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-26 03:56:11

2012/6/26 Kim Gadecki <gadecki_at_[hidden]>

> 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;
>        }
>

I'm guessing: how is deserialization of an array supposed to work, if size
is deserialized afterwords?

Regards
Kris