//
// Copyright (c) 2025 Marcelo Zimbres Silva (mzimbres@gmail.com)
//
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//

= Serializing and parsing into custom types

Boost.Redis supports serialization of user defined types by means of
the following customization points

[source,cpp]
----
// Serialize
void boost_redis_to_bulk(std::string& to, mystruct const& obj);

// Deserialize
void boost_redis_from_bulk(mystruct& u, node_view const& node, boost::system::error_code&);
----

These functions are accessed over ADL and therefore they must be
imported in the global namespace by the user. The following examples might be of interest:

* {site-url}/example/cpp20_json.cpp[cpp20_json.cpp]: serializes and parses JSON objects.
* {site-url}/example/cpp20_protobuf.cpp[cpp20_protobuf.cpp]: serializes and parses https://protobuf.dev/[protobuf] objects.