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cpp-generic-serialize

C++11 Header-only generic binary-serialization for arbriray types (and nested containers)

Description

Header-only library to ease binary serialization.

Examples

Essentially, these lines should sum up the purpose of this library:

// open ofstream as binary ...
// save arbitraty container or fundamental type to it:
list<vector<map< string, unsigned >>> foobar;
save(ofstream_binary, foobar);

// a little later... load the container back in:

auto barbaz = load< list<vector<map< string, unsigned >>> >( ifstream_binary );

See the test cases for more examples.

Usage

• include the header file
• Compile your executable/library with -std=c++11
  • (this is a C++11-only header, making heavy use of template meta-programming and C++11-type_traits)

Tests

Run rake clobber; rake

References

A lot of inspiration (and a mediocre-sized bit of code) was taken from http://flamingdangerzone.com/. This is an absolutely worth reading, and very enlightening. Great work!

License

WTFPL