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# Bitsery
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Header only C++ binary serialization library.
It is designed around the networking requirements for real-time data delivery, especially for games.
All cross-platform requirements are enforced at compile time, so serialized data do not store any meta-data information and is as small as possible.
> **bitsery** is looking for your feedback on [gitter](https://gitter.im/bitsery/Lobby)
## Features
* Cross-platform compatible.
* Optimized for speed and space.
* No code generation required: no IDL or metadata, just use your types directly.
* Runtime error checking on deserialization.
* Can read/write from any source: stream (file, network stream. etc... ), or buffer (vector, c-array, etc...).
* Don't pay for what you don't use! - customize your serialization via **extensions**. Some notable *extensions* allow:
* forward/backward compatibility for your types.
* raw pointers (no polymorphism yet).
* fine-grained bit-level serialization control.
* Easily extendable for any type.
* Allows flexible or/and verbose syntax for better serialization control.
* Configurable endianess support.
* No macros.
## Why to use bitsery
Look at the numbers and features list, and decide yourself.
| | binary size | data size | serialize | deserialize |
|------------------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
| **test_bitsery** | 64704 B | **7565 B**| **1229 ms** | **1086 ms** |
| **test_bitsery_compression** | 64880 B | **4784 B**| **1641 ms** | **2462 ms** |
| test_yas | 63864 B | 11311 B | 1616 ms | 1712 ms |
| test_yas_compression | 72688 B | 8523 B | 2387 ms | 2890 ms |
| test_cereal | 74848 B | 11261 B | 6708 ms | 6799 ms |
| test_flatbuffers | 67032 B | 16100 B | 8793 ms | 3028 ms |
*benchmarked on Ubuntu with GCC 7.1.0, more details can be found [here](https://github.com/fraillt/cpp_serializers_benchmark.git)*
If still not convinced read more in library [motivation](doc/design/README.md) section.
## Usage example
```cpp
#include <bitsery/bitsery.h>
#include <bitsery/adapter/buffer.h>
#include <bitsery/traits/vector.h>
enum class MyEnum:uint16_t { V1,V2,V3 };
struct MyStruct {
uint32_t i;
MyEnum e;
std::vector<float> fs;
};
template <typename S>
void serialize(S& s, MyStruct& o) {
s.value4b(o.i);
s.value2b(o.e);
s.container4b(o.fs, 10);
};
using namespace bitsery;
using Buffer = std::vector<uint8_t>;
using OutputAdapter = OutputBufferAdapter<Buffer>;
using InputAdapter = InputBufferAdapter<Buffer>;
int main() {
MyStruct data{8941, MyEnum::V2, {15.0f, -8.5f, 0.045f}};
MyStruct res{};
Buffer buffer;
auto writtenSize = quickSerialization<OutputAdapter>(buffer, data);
auto state = quickDeserialization<InputAdapter>({buffer.begin(), writtenSize}, res);
assert(state.first == ReaderError::NoError && state.second);
assert(data.fs == res.fs && data.i == res.i && data.e == res.e);
}
```
For more details go directly to [quick start](doc/tutorial/hello_world.md) tutorial.
## How to use it
This documentation comprises these parts:
* [Tutorial](doc/tutorial/README.md) - getting started.
* [Reference section](doc/README.md) - all the details.
*documentation is in progress, most parts are empty, but [contributions](CONTRIBUTING.md) are welcome.*
## Requirements
Works with C++11 compiler, no additional dependencies, include `<bitsery/bitsery.h>` and you're done.
## Platforms
This library was tested on
* Windows: Visual Studio 2015, MinGW (GCC 5.2)
* Linux: GCC 5.4, GCC 6.2, Clang 3.9
* OS X Mavericks: AppleClang 8
## License
**bitsery** is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).