I don't know what the question was. I /do/ know that the code was littered with errors.
I fixed those, and behold: workiness:
int main()
{
A::FullData data({ { "key1", "value1" }, { "key2" , "value2" } });
data.nameinfo = A::Name { "firstname", "lastname" };
data.addressinfo = A::Address { "street", "city" };
data.pincode = 99977;
data.country = "Gibraltar";
boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(std::cout);
oa << data;
}
Prints
22 serialization::archive 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 firstname 8 lastname 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 street 4 city 9 Gibraltar 99977 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 key1 6 value1 4 key2 6 value2
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SimpleData.hpp
#include <boost/serialization/access.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/base_object.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/optional.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/map.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp>
namespace A
{
typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> parameter_strings;
struct Name
{
std::string firstname;
std::string lastname;
template<class Archive>
void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
{
ar & firstname;
ar & lastname;
}
};
struct Address
{
std::string street;
std::string city;
template<class Archive>
void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
{
ar & street;
ar & city;
}
};
struct FullData
{
FullData();
FullData(const parameter_strings & parms);
virtual ~FullData();
boost::optional<Name> nameinfo; // instance of struct Name
boost::optional<Address> addressinfo; // instance of struct Address
parameter_strings detail;
std::string country;
int pincode;
private :
friend class boost::serialization::access;
template<class Archive>
void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
{
ar & nameinfo; // are these enough to take of serialization of Name and
ar & addressinfo; // Address
ar & country;
ar & pincode;
ar & detail;
}
};
}
SimpleData.cpp
#include "SimpleData.hpp"
#include <boost/serialization/export.hpp>
namespace A
{
FullData::FullData()
{
}
FullData::~FullData()
{
}
FullData::FullData(const parameter_strings & parms): detail(parms)
{
// impelmentation
}
}
#include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp>
BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT_IMPLEMENT(A::FullData)
BOOST_CLASS_IMPLEMENTATION(A::FullData , boost::serialization::object_serializable)
BOOST_CLASS_TRACKING(A::FullData , boost::serialization::track_never)
int main()
{
A::FullData data({ { "key1", "value1" }, { "key2" , "value2" } });
data.nameinfo = A::Name { "firstname", "lastname" };
data.addressinfo = A::Address { "street", "city" };
data.pincode = 99977;
data.country = "Gibraltar";
boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(std::cout);
oa << data;
}