Re: [Boost-users] [Serialization] How to serialize a derived type but deserialize it as a base type pointer?

Jerry wrote:

Thanks Robert. You mis-understood my intention. What we want is to serilaize an derived type object directly (not throught base type pointer) but deserialize it to a base type pointer. So we want the exactly the following codes:

I think Robert understands. The serialization library relies on the types saved to an archive be equal to the types being loaded from that archive.

Derived d; oa << d;

Requires: Derived d; ia >> d; If you do: Derived* d; // note pointer oa << (Base*)d The you can:

Base* b; ia >> b;

HTH, Jeff