It would be pretty tough to de-serialize a pointer to a const since serialization has to change the thing being pointed to. Try struct mystruct { /*const*/ char * name; /*const*/ char * name2; int number; } class my_class { friend class boost::serialization::access; private: const mustruct * object1 } Also, a closer reading of the documentation might be helpful. Robert Ramey "niranjan bangera" wrote in message news:50a2f6f20812032046s56cd07cer52e40ffaf7d5d9d4@mail.gmail.com... hi all, Am new to boost serialization concept. here i want to serialize these classes please help me to do this; i tried doing this but am gettin some compile time errors while serializing the object1, Please help me to do this, Boost version am using: 1_36_0 c++ compiler: GCC 4.1.1 (gnu-gcc-4.1.1-binutils-2.16.1/x86_64-pc-linux2.4/bin/gcc) Please help me to solve this simple concept.. Thanks in advance, Nina struct mystruct { const char * name; const char * name2; int number; } class my_class { private: const mustruct * object1 } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users