Seriously is an header-only C++ serialization library, without external dependencies (besides the standard library) and with minimal overhead.

Serialized data is encoded in a portable fashion (i.e. words are encoded in network byte order, ...).

The higher-level API:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <stdint.h>

#include "Seriously.h"

void myfunc()
{
	seriously::Packer<1024> packer;		// a 1024 byte serialization buffer

	int32_t value1 = 83656;
	bool value2 = true;
	int16_t value3 = -2345;
	std::string value4("only an example");
	double value5 = -6.736;
	std::vector<int64_t> value6 = { 42, 11, 93 };

	packer << value1 << value2 << value3 << value4 << value5 << value6;

	std::cout << "packed size: " << packer.size() << std::endl;
	// packer.data() contains the serialized data

	int32_t restored1;
	bool restored2;
	int16_t restored3;
	std::string restored4;
	double restored5 = -6.736;
	std::vector<int64_t> restored6;

	packer >> restored1 >> restored2 >> restored3 >> restored4 >> restored5 >> restored6;

	std::cout << "unpacked: " << restored1 << " " << (restored2 ? "t" : "f") << " " << restored3 << " " << restored4 << " " << restored5 << std::endl;

	std::vector<int64_t>::const_iterator it;
	for (it = restored6.begin(); it != restored6.end(); it++) {
		std::cout << *it << std::endl;
	}
}

It's possible to extend support to more esotic types by implementing a Traits struct for each additonal type.

See the test_seriously.cpp unit test file for a more complete API coverage.

Just copy the Seriously.h and Seriously.impl.hpp files into your source code and include only the former.

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