Re: [Boost-users] How to serialize a derived class objectwithbaseclass pointer?

12 Jul 2005

      First - there's no way to do it.

Second - that's probably the best anyway. This better mirrors standard C++ behavior in that non-polymophic (mono-morphic?) base classes do not have any access to drived data or functions.

Third - there really is a a way to do it using one's own extended_type_info strategy - see docs and test_no_rtti.  But I would only recommend this for those how can't use an rtti system and who do thier own dental work.

Robert Ramey

"Yan Zhang"  wrote in message news:F96935FCB9C3D549B3B6CD8915811A2F0FF00D8F@mail60nt.mitchell.com...
  Hi Robert,

  I know that it works for abstract base class. But if the base class is not abstract class how you do it? Is it possible?

  Thanks,

  yan

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  From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Robert Ramey
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  Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How to serialize a derived class object withbaseclass pointer?

  try making the base class a polymorphic class by adding the following changes:

  virtual ~CMyCls1() = 0;

    "Yan Zhang"  wrote in message news:F96935FCB9C3D549B3B6CD8915811A2F0FF00C7C@mail60nt.mitchell.com...

    Hi,

    I'm trying to serialize an object of derived class with a base class pointer, somehow only base class's serialization member function got called. Here is the code (simplified):

    class CMyCls1

    {

    public:

          CMyCls1() : m(10) {}

          ~CMyCls1() {}

    private:

    friend class boost::serialization::access;

          template<class Archive>

        void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)

        {

                ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(m);

        }

          int m;

       virtual ~CMyCls1() = 0;

    };

    class CMyCls2 : public CMyCls1

    {

    public:

          CMyCls2() : x(1.5) {}

          ~CMyCls2() {}

    private:

          friend class boost::serialization::access;

          template<class Archive>

        void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)

        {

                ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_BASE_OBJECT_NVP(CMyCls1);

                ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(x);

        }

          double x;

       virtual ~CMyCls2();

    };

    void main ()

    {

                CMyCls1 *pmycls = new CMyCls2;

                .

          oa.register_type(static_cast(NULL));

          oa.register_type(static_cast(NULL));

          oa << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(pmycls);

                .

    }

    Look at the archive file, only base class data is serialized. Actuall, CMyCls2::serialization() is not called at all. How do you serialize a derived class object with a pointer of base class?

    Thanks,

    Yan

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