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/* | |
The MIT License (MIT) | |
Copyright (c) 2017 Yehonatan Ballas | |
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy | |
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal | |
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights | |
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell | |
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is | |
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | |
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all | |
copies or substantial portions of the Software. | |
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR | |
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, | |
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE | |
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER | |
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, | |
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE | |
SOFTWARE. | |
*/ | |
#include <assert.h> | |
#include <fstream> | |
#include <iostream> | |
#include <type_traits> | |
using namespace std; | |
void n() { | |
cout << '\n'; | |
} | |
// read type | |
template<typename T> | |
void read(ifstream& f, T& value) { | |
f.read((char*)(&value), sizeof(value)); | |
} | |
// write type | |
template<typename T> | |
void write(ofstream& f, T& value) { | |
f.write((char*)(&value), sizeof(value)); | |
} | |
// Read or write. Useful for defining a single serialize() specialization for both read and write. | |
template<typename T> | |
void read_or_write(ifstream& f, T& value) { | |
read(f, value); | |
} | |
template<typename T> | |
void read_or_write(ofstream& f, T& value) { | |
write(f, value); | |
} | |
/* serialize variadic template | |
TODO: | |
- output format selection | |
- use type traits | |
*/ | |
template<typename Stream, typename T> | |
void serialize(Stream& f, T& value) | |
{ | |
serialize(f, value); | |
} | |
template<typename Stream, typename T, typename ...Ts> | |
void serialize(Stream& f, T& value, Ts&... args) | |
{ | |
serialize(f, value); | |
serialize(f, args...); | |
} | |
//automatically provide default serialization implementation for arithmetic & array types | |
template<typename T, typename = enable_if_t<is_arithmetic_v<T> || is_array_v<T>> > | |
void serialize(ofstream& f, T& value) { | |
write(f, value); | |
} | |
template<typename T, typename = enable_if_t<is_arithmetic_v<T> || is_array_v<T>> > | |
void serialize(ifstream& f, T& value) { | |
read(f, value); | |
} | |
// Example for serializing a POD type (without references/pointers since memory addresses change) | |
struct Vector3 { | |
float x, y, z; | |
void print() const { | |
cout << | |
"x: " << x << '\n' << | |
"x: " << y << '\n' << | |
"y: " << z << '\n'; | |
} | |
}; | |
template<typename Stream> | |
void serialize(Stream& f, Vector3& value) { | |
read_or_write(f, value); | |
} | |
// example class | |
struct A | |
{ | |
int x = 0; | |
float y = 0; | |
char z[3]; | |
Vector3 vec3; | |
void print() const { | |
cout | |
<< "x: " << x << '\n' | |
<< "x: " << y << '\n' | |
<< "z: " << z << '\n' | |
<< "vec3:\n"; | |
vec3.print(); | |
} | |
}; | |
//TODO alternatively can be a member function so we don't have to pass A and we can access members directly. Requires using SFINAE to check if the method is available. | |
template<typename Stream> | |
void serialize(Stream& f, A& value) { | |
// choose which members to serialize | |
serialize(f, value.x, value.y, value.z, value.vec3); // members' types' already have serialization implemented | |
/*TODO | |
can provide a wrapper around the Stream type that overloads operator() so we can write concisely: | |
f(value.x, value.y); | |
*/ | |
} | |
namespace test | |
{ | |
void serialization() | |
{ | |
A a; | |
a.x = 5; | |
a.y = 7.5; | |
a.z[0] = 'a'; | |
a.z[1] = 'b'; | |
a.z[2] = '\0'; | |
a.vec3 = {1,2,3}; | |
a.print(); | |
n(); | |
// serialize to file | |
{ | |
ofstream f("test", ofstream::binary); | |
serialize(f, a); | |
} | |
a.x = 0; | |
a.y = 0; | |
a.z[0] = '0'; | |
a.z[1] = '0'; | |
a.vec3 = { 0,0,0 }; | |
// read back from file | |
{ | |
ifstream f("test", ios::binary); | |
serialize(f, a); | |
} | |
a.print(); | |
n(); | |
assert(a.x == 5); | |
assert(a.y == 7.5); | |
assert(a.z[0] == 'a'); | |
assert(a.z[1] == 'b'); | |
assert(a.z[2] == '\0'); | |
assert(a.vec3.x == 1); | |
assert(a.vec3.y == 2); | |
assert(a.vec3.z == 3); | |
} | |
} | |
int main() | |
{ | |
cout << | |
"Serialization test\n" | |
"==================\n"; | |
test::serialization(); | |
} |
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