serialization/example/portable_binary_oarchive.hpp

#ifndef PORTABLE_BINARY_OARCHIVE_HPP
#define PORTABLE_BINARY_OARCHIVE_HPP

// MS compatible compilers support #pragma once
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020)
# pragma once
#endif

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// portable_binary_oarchive.hpp

// (C) Copyright 2002 Robert Ramey - http://www.rrsd.com . 
// Use, modification and distribution is subject to 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)

//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.

#include <ostream>
#include <boost/archive/archive_exception.hpp>
#include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp>
#include <boost/detail/endian.hpp>

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// "Portable" output binary archive.  This is a variation of the native binary 
// archive. it addresses integer size and endienness so that binary archives can
// be passed across systems. Note:floating point types not addressed here

class portable_binary_oarchive :
    // don't derive from binary_oarchive !!!
    public boost::archive::binary_oarchive_impl<
        portable_binary_oarchive, 
        std::ostream::char_type, 
        std::ostream::traits_type
    >
{
    typedef boost::archive::binary_oarchive_impl<
        portable_binary_oarchive, 
        std::ostream::char_type, 
        std::ostream::traits_type
    > archive_base_t;
    typedef boost::archive::basic_binary_oprimitive<
        portable_binary_oarchive, 
        std::ostream::char_type, 
        std::ostream::traits_type
    > primitive_base_t;
#ifndef BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
public:
#else
    friend archive_base_t;
    friend primitive_base_t; // since with override save below
    friend class boost::archive::basic_binary_oarchive<portable_binary_oarchive>;
    friend class boost::archive::save_access;
#endif
    void save_impl(const long l){
        long ll = l;
        char size = 0;
        if(l < 0){
            // make sure that enough of data is output
            // to include a high order bit indicating the sign
            char x;
            do{
                x = ll;
                ll >>= 8;
                ++size;
            }while(ll != -1 && x < 0);
        }
        else{
            do{
                ll >>= 8;
                ++size;
            }while(ll != 0);
        }

        this->archive_base_t::save(size);

        // we choose to use litle endian
        #ifdef BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN
            char * first = static_cast<char *>(static_cast<void *>(& l));
            char * last = first + sizeof(l) - 1;
            for(;first < last;++first, --last){
                char x = *last;
                *last = *first;
                *first = x;
            }
        #endif
        save_binary(& l, size);
    }
    // add base class to the places considered when matching
    // save function to a specific set of arguments.  Note, this didn't
    // work on my MSVC 7.0 system so we use the sure-fire method below
    // using archive_base_t::save;

    // default fall through for any types not specified here
    template<class T>
    void save(const T & t){
        this->primitive_base_t::save(t);
    }
    void save(const short  t){
        save_impl(t);
    }
    void save(const unsigned short t){
        save_impl(t);
    }
    void save(const unsigned int t){
        save_impl(t);
    }
    void save(const int t){
        save_impl(t);
    }
    void save(const unsigned long t){
        save_impl(t);
    }
    void save(const long t){
        save_impl(t);
    }
public:
    portable_binary_oarchive(std::ostream & os, unsigned flags = 0) :
        archive_base_t(
            os, 
            flags | boost::archive::no_header // skip default header checking 
        )
    {
        // use our own header checking
        if(0 != (flags & boost::archive::no_header)){
            this->archive_base_t::init(flags);
            // skip the following for "portable" binary archives
            // boost::archive::basic_binary_iprimitive<derived_t, std::ostream>::init();
        }
    }
};

#include <boost/archive/impl/basic_binary_oarchive.ipp>
#include <boost/archive/impl/archive_pointer_oserializer.ipp>
#include <boost/archive/impl/basic_binary_oprimitive.ipp>

namespace boost {
namespace archive {

// explicitly instantiate for this type of binary stream
template class binary_oarchive_impl<
    portable_binary_oarchive, 
    std::ostream::char_type, 
    std::ostream::traits_type
>;
template class detail::archive_pointer_oserializer<portable_binary_oarchive> ;

} // namespace archive
} // namespace boost

#define BOOST_ARCHIVE_CUSTOM_OARCHIVE_TYPES portable_binary_oarchive

#endif // PORTABLE_BINARY_OARCHIVE_HPP