[Boost-users] [serialization]Serializing ptime instances

From: Merrill Cornish (merrill.cornish_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-19 10:03:11

Robert, 

I need to serialize ptime class instances.  As far as I can tell, 
the ptime class isn't covered yet by serialization.  However,
if I understand how things work, I believe I can do it myself
using split member.

In the save() function, I would convert my ptime instance into
a string, which I then serialize as a string.  In the load() function,
I would retrieve the string and construct another ptime instance.

The other members of the class being serialized would be 
handled by the usual

    ar & <member_name>;

with the appropriate NVP wrapper, since I'm using XML archives.

Is that how I should do it?

Merrill