cereal-yaml

YAML archive for cereal, powered by yaml-cpp.

How to use

• Set up cereal
• Include include/cereal-yaml/archives/yaml.hpp
• Link with yaml-cpp

Example

See example/example.cpp

#include <cereal-yaml/archives/yaml.hpp>

#include <cereal/types/memory.hpp>
#include <cereal/types/unordered_map.hpp>

#include <fstream>

struct MyRecord
{
    MyRecord() = default;
    MyRecord(uint8_t x_, uint8_t y_, float z_)
        : x(x_)
        , y(y_)
        , z(z_)
    {}

    uint8_t x, y;
    float z = 0;

    template <class Archive>
    void serialize(Archive& ar)
    {
        ar(x, y, z);
    }

    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const MyRecord& myRecord);
};

inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const MyRecord& myRecord)
{
    os << "{";
    os << "x=" << int(myRecord.x) << ",";
    os << "y=" << int(myRecord.y) << ",";
    os << "z=" << myRecord.z;
    os << "}";
    return os;
}

struct SomeData
{
    int32_t id;
    std::shared_ptr<std::unordered_map<uint32_t, MyRecord>> data;

    template <class Archive>
    void save(Archive& ar) const
    {
        ar(data);
    }

    template <class Archive>
    void load(Archive& ar)
    {
        static int32_t idGen = 0;
        id = idGen++;
        ar(data);
    }

    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const SomeData& someData);
};

inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const SomeData& someData)
{
    os << "{";
    os << "id=" << someData.id << ",";
    os << "data={";
    for (auto entry : *someData.data)
    {
        os << entry.first << ":" << entry.second << ",";
    }
    if (someData.data->size() > 0)
    {
        os << "\b\b";
    }
    os << "}";
    os << "}";
    return os;
}

int main()
{
    std::ostringstream os;
    {
        cereal::YAMLOutputArchive archive(os);
        SomeData myData;
        myData.id = 5;
        myData.data = std::make_shared<std::unordered_map<uint32_t, MyRecord>>();
        myData.data->emplace(1, MyRecord{1, 2, 3.0});
        myData.data->emplace(2, MyRecord{4, 5, 6.1});
        std::cout << "myData=" << myData << std::endl;
        archive(myData);
    }
    std::cout << "output=\n" << os.str() << std::endl;

    std::istringstream is(os.str());
    {
        cereal::YAMLInputArchive archive(is);
        SomeData myData;
        archive(myData);
        std::cout << "myData=" << myData << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

Output:

myData={id=5,data={2:{x=4,y=5,z=6.1},1:{x=1,y=2,z=3}}
output=
value0:
  value0:
    ptr_wrapper:
      id: 2147483649
      data:
        - key: 2
          value:
            value0: 4
            value1: 5
            value2: 6.099999904632568
        - key: 1
          value:
            value0: 1
            value1: 2
            value2: 3
myData={id=0,data={1:{x=1,y=2,z=3},2:{x=4,y=5,z=6.1}}