Boost.Serialization sample code

#include <boost/serialization/serialization.hpp>
#include <boost/archive/xml_oarchive.hpp>

#include <sstream>

class my_archive
    : public boost::archive::xml_oarchive_impl<my_archive>
{
public:

    typedef boost::archive::xml_oarchive_impl<my_archive> base_type;

    my_archive( std::ostream &first )
        : base_type(first, 0)
    { }
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    {
        std::stringstream first_str;
        std::stringstream second_str;
        my_archive w(first_str);
    }
    return 0;
}