Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] compile-time detection of whetherserialization is implemented for a class

Nelson, Erik - 2 wrote:

What I'd like is a compile-time way of detecting that 'A' is not serializable, maybe Boost Type Traits-style, something like

is_serializable<A>::value or is_serializable<binary_oarchive, A>::value that can detect whether or not the object has serialization available.

If it could work for testing pointer serialization as well (is_serializable<A*>::value or is_ptr_serializable<A>::value) that would be doubly super.

I'm sure this would be possible and probably not all that hard but would likely require a tweak in the serialization library. Add a trac item so the idea doesn't get forgotten. Robert Ramey