如何在C++中使用boost库序列化自定义class ？| serialize and deserialize a class in cpp with boost

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serialize and deserialize a class in cpp

Guide

how to serialize string

size data

The easiest serialization method for strings or other blobs with variable size is to serialize first the size as you serialize integers, then just copy the content to the output stream.

When reading you first read the size, then allocate the string and then fill it by reading the correct number of bytes from the stream.

with ostream/istream

native way with ostream/istream for example class MyClass with height,width,name fields.

class MyClass {
   
public:
	int height;
   int width;
   std::string name;
}

std::ostream& MyClass::serialize(std::ostream &out) const {
   
    out << height;
    out << ',' //number seperator
    out << width;
    out << ',' //number seperator
    out << name.size(); //serialize size of string
    out << ',' //number seperator
    out << name; //serialize characters of string
    return out;
}
std::istream& MyClass::deserialize(std::istream &in) {
   
    if (in) {
   
        int len=0;
        char comma;
        in >> height;
        in >> comma; //read in the seperator
        in >> width;
        in >> comma; //read in the seperator
        in >> len;  //deserialize size of string
        in >> comma; //read in the seperator
        if (in && len) {
   
            std::vector<char> tmp(len);
            in.read(tmp.data() , len); //deserialize characters of string
            name.assign(tmp.data(), len);
        }
    }
    return in;
}

overload for operator<< and operator>>

std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const MyClass &obj)
{
   
    obj.serialize(out)