The XML serialization is fully functional! We can now switch to the last type of serialization covered in this chapter.
Binary serialization is easier because Qt provides a direct way to do it. Create a BinarySerializer class that inherits from Serializer. The header is common; we only have the override functions save() and load(). Here is the implementation of the save() function:
void BinarySerializer::save(const Serializable& serializable,
const QString& filepath, const QString& /*rootName*/)
{
QFile file(filepath);
file.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
QDataStream dataStream(&file);
dataStream << serializable.toVariant();
file.close();
}
We hope you recognized the QDataStream class used in Chapter 10, Need IPC? Get Your Minions to Work. This time, we use this class to serialize binary data in...
