bitsery/examples/inheritance.cpp

//
//this example covers all the corner cases that can happen using inheritance
//in reality virtual inherintance is usually avoided, so your code would look much simpler.
//

#include <bitsery/bitsery.h>
#include <bitsery/adapter/buffer.h>
#include <bitsery/traits/vector.h>

//include inheritance extension
//this header contains two extensions, that specifies inheritance type of base class
//  BaseClass - normal inheritance
//  VirtualBaseClass - when virtual inheritance is used
//in order for virtual inheritance to work, InheritanceContext is required. for normal inheritance it is not required
#include <bitsery/ext/inheritance.h>

using bitsery::ext::BaseClass;
using bitsery::ext::VirtualBaseClass;

struct Base {
    uint8_t x{};
    //Base doesn't have to be polymorphic class, inheritance works at compile-time.
};
template <typename S>
void serialize(S& s, Base& o) {
    s.value1b(o.x);
}

struct Derive1:virtual Base {// virtually inherits from base
    uint8_t y1{};
};
template <typename S>
void serialize(S& s, Derive1& o) {
    //define virtual inheritance, it will not compile if InheritanceContext is not defined in serializer/deserializer
    s.ext(o, VirtualBaseClass<Base>{});
    s.value1b(o.y1);
}

//to make it more interesting, serialize private member
struct Derived2:virtual Base {
    explicit Derived2(uint8_t y):y2{y} {}

    uint8_t getY2() const {
        return y2;
    };
private:
    friend bitsery::Access;
    uint8_t y2{};
    template <typename S>
    void serialize(S& s) {
        //notice virtual inheritance
        s.ext(*this, VirtualBaseClass<Base>{});
        s.value1b(y2);
    }
};

struct MultipleInheritance: Derive1, Derived2 {
    explicit MultipleInheritance(uint8_t y2):Derived2{y2} {}
    uint8_t z{};
};
template <typename S>
void serialize(S& s, MultipleInheritance& o) {
    //has two bases, serialize them separately
    s.ext(o, BaseClass<Derive1>{});
    s.ext(o, BaseClass<Derived2>{});
    s.value1b(o.z);
}

namespace bitsery {
    // call to serialize function with Derived2 and MultipleInheritance is ambiguous,
    // it matches two serialize functions: Base classes non-member fnc and Derived2 member fnc
    // we need explicitly select which function to use
    template <>
    struct SelectSerializeFnc<Derived2>:UseMemberFnc {};

    //multiple inheritance has non-member serialize function defined
    template <>
    struct SelectSerializeFnc<MultipleInheritance>:UseNonMemberFnc {};
}

//some helper types
using Buffer = std::vector<uint8_t>;
using Writer = bitsery::OutputBufferAdapter<Buffer>;
using Reader = bitsery::InputBufferAdapter<Buffer>;

int main() {

    MultipleInheritance data{98};
    data.x = 254;
    data.y1 = 47;
    data.z = 1;

    Buffer buf{};

    bitsery::ext::InheritanceContext ctx1;
    auto writtenSize = bitsery::quickSerialization(ctx1, Writer{buf}, data);
    assert(writtenSize == 4);//base is serialized once, because it is inherited virtually

    MultipleInheritance res{0};
    bitsery::ext::InheritanceContext ctx2;
    auto state = bitsery::quickDeserialization(ctx2, Reader{buf.begin(), writtenSize}, res);
    assert(state.first == bitsery::ReaderError::NoError && state.second);
    assert(data.x == res.x && data.y1 == res.y1 && data.getY2() == res.getY2() && data.z == res.z);
}