Properties serialization library

proplib is a set of crossplatform c++11 libraries and tools which allow serialize, deserialize, visualize and edit c++ objects without codegeneration what well suitable for algorithms properties configuration.

Example of usage

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

#include <serialize/serializable.h>
#include <serialize/serialize.h>
#include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>

class Box : public proplib::Serializable
{

public:
  float height;
  float width;
  std::string name;

private:
  SERIALIZE(height, "height of the box");
  SERIALIZE(width, "width of the box");
  SERIALIZE(name, "name of the box");
};

int main()
{
  Box box; 
  box.height = 1.0;
  box.width = 1.4;
  box.name = "just a small box in the big world";

  YAML::Emitter out;
  box.serialize(out, false);
  std::ofstream outfile;
  outfile.open("box.prop.yml");
  outfile << out.c_str() << std::endl;
  outfile.close();

  box.height = 0.0;
  box.width = 0.0;
  box.name = "--";

  box.deserialize(YAML::LoadFile("box.prop.yml"));

  std::cout << "box.height " << box.height << std::endl;
  std::cout << "box.width " << box.width << std::endl;
  std::cout << "box.name " << box.name << std::endl;

  system("pause");
  return 0;
}

box.prop.yml file content:

height: 1
name: just a small box in the big world
width: 1.4

console output:

box.height 1
box.width 1.4
box.name just a small box in the big world
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Also we can serialize box with docstrings and metainfo for gui generation

box.serialize(out, true);

box.prop.yml file content:

height: !<float> 1
height_doc: !<doc> height of the box
name: !<string> just a small box in the big world
name_doc: !<doc> name of the box
width: !<float> 1.4
width_doc: !<doc> width of the box

then we can open, edit and save this file in proplib-qt-editor

or in ImGui based proplib-imgui-editor

Supported types

• arithmetic
• bool
• std::string
• std::map
• std::vector

Supported formats

• YAML

Components

• proplib-serialize - serialization/deserialization lib
• proplib-gui
  • proplib-qt-gui - qt based qui lib
• proplib-qt-editor - qt based editor app
• propsdk-imgui-editor - imgui based editor app
• tests
  • prop-serialize - serialization/deserialization test
  • http-client - remote transfer test

Future work

• support JSON format
• support binary format
• support enums serialization/deserialization
• add meta info in docstring like hints for better data representation and hins about possible values of object fields
• minimize transferred data size