GenSerial: A Generic C++ Serialization Library
By Evan Sherbrooke, September 01, 2004
The GenSerial library is designed for loading and saving complex files, importing/exporting with other file formats, and implementing generic deep copies, among other things.
September, 2004: GenSerial: A Generic C++ Serialization Library
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// shapes.h
#include <SerDef.h>
#include <vector>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
class Point
{
DECLARE_SIMPLE_SERIALIZABLE (Point);
public:
// ...
Point() { m_pt[0] = m_pt[1] = 0.0; }
private:
double m_pt[2];
};
class Shape : public SER_DECL AbstractSerializable
{
DECLARE_ABSTRACT_SERIALIZABLE (Shape, AbstractSerializable);
// ...
public:
virtual void draw() = 0;
private:
int m_shapeId;
};
class Circle : public Shape
{
DECLARE_SERIALIZABLE (Circle, Shape);
public:
Circle() : m_radius (1.0) {}
virtual void draw() { /* ... */ }
// ...
private:
Point m_center;
double m_radius;
};
class BunchOfShapes
{
DECLARE_SIMPLE_SERIALIZABLE (BunchOfShapes);
// ...
std::vector<boost::shared_ptr<Shape> > m_shapes;
};
