Dear list members, I guess it's one of the hardest search terms around but I would like to know if there is any editable XML serialization provided by Boost or other C++ libraries. And I don't mean the kind of thing that requires you to go jumping around through trees, with iterators etc. I don't want to see any iterator! I really iike the XML serialization method that boost::serialization provides: //! Give boost serialization libraries access to private fields friend class boost::serialization::access; //! Tell which private fields to serialize template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & boost::serialization::make_nvp("Phase", phase); ar & boost::serialization::make_nvp("Period", period); ar & boost::serialization::make_nvp("DutyCycle", dutycycle); } Just adding this to a file, and then: xml_out << boost::serialization::make_nvp("ApplicationConfig", config); Or: xml_in >> boost::serialization::make_nvp("ApplicationConfig", config); It's awesome! I don't need to care about descending trees, etc. However, the default serialization class does not allow for different orders of the XML tags, etc. It doesn't use the "ApplicationConfig" string, but just assumes that XML tag should be there if this read operation. If you change anything in the XML file, it is likely you will get a segfault, and you won't know what is causing the problem exactly. It would be so great if there is something like this in which the XML files can actually be edited! I am almost sure that there should be something like that, but I can't find it. Thanks in advance, Anne