Re: Serialization
Sarath wrote:
I've a class to serialize. I've done the basic things for
serialization
class EmployeeInfo : public CObject
{
public:
DECLARE_SERIAL(EmployeeInfo)
CString m_csName;
CString m_csDesignation;
int m_nEmpID;
int m_nAge;
int m_nSalary;
Sex m_eGender;
virtual void Serialize( CArchive& ar );
public:
EmployeeInfo(void);
~EmployeeInfo(void);
EmployeeInfo& operator =(const EmployeeInfo & empInfo_i );
};
Now I am using a CArray<EmployeeInfo> m_EmpInfo;
CFile file( "EmployeeInfo.bin", CFile::modeCreate | CFile::modeWrite |
CFile::typeBinary );
CArchive ar( &file, CArchive::store );
m_EmployeeInfoArr.Serialize( ar );
This is the way I am serializing the objects. But the
EmployeeInfo::Serialize is not getting called at the time of
serializing the objects. What could be the problem?
I also tried to override SerializeElements functions globally defined
as follows
template<> void AFXAPI SerializeElements(CArchive& ar, EmployeeInfo*
pElements, INT_PTR nCount)
But its not working. Link error occurs.
Sarath:
If you are not already committed to MFC binary serialization, I would seriously
suggest using a text format such as XML. Even MS Office has gone this route.
--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
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