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86 lines
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cereal - A C++11 library for serialization
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<img src="http://uscilab.github.io/cereal/assets/img/cerealboxside.png" align="right"/><p>cereal is a header-only C++11 serialization library. cereal takes arbitrary data types and reversibly turns them into different representations, such as compact binary encodings, XML, or JSON. cereal was designed to be fast, light-weight, and easy to extend - it has no external dependencies and can be easily bundled with other code or used standalone.</p>
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### cereal has great documentation
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Looking for more information on how cereal works and its documentation? Visit [cereal's web page](http://USCiLab.github.com/cereal) to get the latest information.
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### cereal is easy to use
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Installation and use of of cereal is fully documented on the [main web page](http://USCiLab.github.com/cereal), but this is a quick and dirty version:
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* Download cereal and place the headers somewhere your code can see them
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* Write serialization functions for your custom types or use the built in support for the standard library cereal provides
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* Use the serialization archives to load and save data
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```cpp
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#include <cereal/types/unordered_map.hpp>
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#include <cereal/types/memory.hpp>
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#include <cereal/archives/binary.hpp>
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#include <fstream>
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struct MyRecord
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{
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uint8_t x, y;
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float z;
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template <class Archive>
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void serialize( Archive & ar )
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{
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ar( x, y, z );
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}
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};
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struct SomeData
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{
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int32_t id;
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std::shared_ptr<std::unordered_map<uint32_t, MyRecord>> data;
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template <class Archive>
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void save( Archive & ar ) const
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{
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ar( data );
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}
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template <class Archive>
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void load( Archive & ar )
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{
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static int32_t idGen = 0;
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id = idGen++;
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ar( data );
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}
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};
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int main()
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{
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std::ofstream os("out.cereal", std::ios::binary);
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cereal::BinaryOutputArchive archive( os );
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SomeData myData;
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archive( myData );
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return 0;
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}
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```
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### cereal has a mailing list
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Either get in touch over <a href="mailto:cerealcpp@googlegroups.com">email</a> or [on the web](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cerealcpp).
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## cereal has a permissive license
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cereal is licensed under the [BSD license](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).
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## cereal build status
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* master : [](https://travis-ci.com/USCiLab/cereal)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/AzothAmmo/cereal/branch/master)
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---
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Were you looking for the Haskell cereal? Go <a href="https://github.com/GaloisInc/cereal">here</a>.
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