Internal polymorphism support. More...

#include "cereal/details/polymorphic_impl_fwd.hpp"
#include "cereal/details/static_object.hpp"
#include "cereal/types/memory.hpp"
#include "cereal/types/string.hpp"
#include <functional>
#include <typeindex>
#include <map>
#include <limits>
#include <set>
#include <stack>

Classes
struct	cereal::detail::PolymorphicCaster
	Base type for polymorphic void casting. More...

struct	cereal::detail::PolymorphicCasters
	Holds registered mappings between base and derived types for casting. More...

struct	cereal::detail::PolymorphicVirtualCaster< Base, Derived >
	Strongly typed derivation of PolymorphicCaster. More...

struct	cereal::detail::RegisterPolymorphicCaster< Base, Derived >
	Registers a polymorphic casting relation between a Base and Derived type. More...

struct	cereal::detail::binding_name< T >
	Binds a compile time type with a user defined string. More...

struct	cereal::detail::OutputBindingMap< Archive >
	A structure holding a map from type_indices to output serializer functions. More...

struct	cereal::detail::OutputBindingMap< Archive >::Serializers
	Struct containing the serializer functions for all pointer types. More...

struct	cereal::detail::EmptyDeleter< T >
	An empty noop deleter. More...

struct	cereal::detail::InputBindingMap< Archive >
	A structure holding a map from type name strings to input serializer functions. More...

struct	cereal::detail::InputBindingMap< Archive >::Serializers
	Struct containing the serializer functions for all pointer types. More...

struct	cereal::detail::InputBindingCreator< Archive, T >
	Creates a binding (map entry) between an input archive type and a polymorphic type. More...

struct	cereal::detail::OutputBindingCreator< Archive, T >
	Creates a binding (map entry) between an output archive type and a polymorphic type. More...

class	cereal::detail::OutputBindingCreator< Archive, T >::PolymorphicSharedPointerWrapper
	Holds a properly typed shared_ptr to the polymorphic type. More...

struct	cereal::detail::adl_tag

struct	cereal::detail::create_bindings< Archive, T >
	Causes the static object bindings between an archive type and a serializable type T. More...

struct	cereal::detail::instantiate_function<>
	When specialized, causes the compiler to instantiate its parameter. More...

struct	cereal::detail::polymorphic_serialization_support< Archive, T >

struct	cereal::detail::bind_to_archives< T, Tag >
	Begins the binding process of a type to all registered archives. More...

Macros
#define	CEREAL_BIND_TO_ARCHIVES_UNUSED_FUNCTION static void unused() { (void)b; }
	Helper macro to omit unused warning.

#define	CEREAL_BIND_TO_ARCHIVES(...)
	Binds a polymorhic type to all registered archives. More...

#define	UNREGISTERED_POLYMORPHIC_CAST_EXCEPTION(LoadSave)
	Error message used for unregistered polymorphic casts. More...

#define	CEREAL_EMPLACE_MAP(map, key, value) map.emplace( key, value );

Functions
template<class T , typename BindingTag >
void	cereal::detail::instantiate_polymorphic_binding (T *, int, BindingTag, adl_tag)
	Base case overload for instantiation. More...

Detailed Description

Internal polymorphism support.

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ CEREAL_BIND_TO_ARCHIVES

#define CEREAL_BIND_TO_ARCHIVES ( ... )

Value:

    namespace cereal {                                                   \
    namespace detail {                                                   \
    template<>                                                           \
    struct init_binding<__VA_ARGS__> {                                   \
        static bind_to_archives<__VA_ARGS__> const& b;                   \
        CEREAL_BIND_TO_ARCHIVES_UNUSED_FUNCTION                          \
    };                                                                   \
    bind_to_archives<__VA_ARGS__> const & init_binding<__VA_ARGS__>::b = \
        ::cereal::detail::StaticObject<                                  \
            bind_to_archives<__VA_ARGS__>                                \
        >::getInstance().bind();                                         \
    }} /* end namespaces */

Binds a polymorhic type to all registered archives.

This binds a polymorphic type to all compatible registered archives that have been registered with CEREAL_REGISTER_ARCHIVE. This must be called after all archives are registered (usually after the archives themselves have been included).

◆ UNREGISTERED_POLYMORPHIC_CAST_EXCEPTION

#define UNREGISTERED_POLYMORPHIC_CAST_EXCEPTION ( LoadSave )

Value:

        throw cereal::Exception("Trying to " #LoadSave " a registered polymorphic type with an unregistered polymorphic cast.\n"                                               \
                                "Could not find a path to a base class (" + util::demangle(baseInfo.name()) + ") for type: " + ::cereal::util::demangledName<Derived>() + "\n" \
                                "Make sure you either serialize the base class at some point via cereal::base_class or cereal::virtual_base_class.\n"                          \
                                "Alternatively, manually register the association with CEREAL_REGISTER_POLYMORPHIC_RELATION.");

Error message used for unregistered polymorphic casts.

Function Documentation

◆ instantiate_polymorphic_binding()

template<class T , typename BindingTag >

void cereal::detail::instantiate_polymorphic_binding	(	T *	,
		int	,
		BindingTag	,
		adl_tag
	)

Base case overload for instantiation.

This will end up always being the best overload due to the second parameter always being passed as an int. All other overloads will accept pointers to archive types and have lower precedence than int.

Since the compiler needs to check all possible overloads, the other overloads created via CEREAL_REGISTER_ARCHIVE, which will have lower precedence due to requring a conversion from int to (Archive*), will cause their return types to be instantiated through the static object mechanisms even though they are never called.

See the documentation for the other functions to try and understand this

Classes