Re: Enum serialization

From:
"Ashot Geodakov" <a_geodakov@nospam.hotmail.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:44:47 -0700
Message-ID:
<#9yvb#JAIHA.4984@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
enum is a "short" type, so all you have to do is cast your enum value to
short while serializing, and from short to enum while deserializing.

if (ar.IsStoring())
  ar << (short)m_element;
else
{
  short value;
  ar >> value;
  m_element = (Elementi)value;
}

You can also add an overloaded << or >> operator to your class that is
derived from CArchive:

class CMyArchive : public CArchive
{
public:
    CMyArchive& operator << ( const Elementi& value )
    {
        CArchive::operator << ((short)value);
        return *this;
    }

    CMyArchive& operator >> ( Elementi& value )
    {
        short shValue;
        CArchive::operator >> (shValue);
        value = (Elementi)shValue;
        return *this;
    }
};

redefine the document's Serialize() as

void CMyDoc::Serialize( CMyArchive& ar )

But this looks like a hassle...

"Marco Biagioni" <marco1036@interfree.it> wrote in message
news:AF23362B-3C33-451E-90C8-8CBD4E30AB33@microsoft.com...

I take an error trying serialize a member in document class of type enum...
binary '>>' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type
'Elementi' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

where i defined

enum Elementi{Line,Rectangles,Circle,Curve,TEXT};

enum Elementi m_element;

and for example m_element = Line;

so in serialize doc function i have in my serialize function...

if (ar.IsStoring())
{
ar << m_color // Store the current color
<< m_element // the current element type, !!!THIS LINE GIVES NO ERROR!!!
<< m_PenWidth // and the current pen width
<< m_DocSize; // and the current document size
}
else
{
ar >> m_color // Retrieve the current color

m_element // the current element type, !!!ERROR IN THIS LINE!!!
m_PenWidth // and the current pen width
m_DocSize; // and the current document size


Maybe i should implement a personalized operator overload for >> ?
And how should i implement that?And where?
Why << operator doesn't give me the error and works fine?

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