marshalling

[kumar_mk]

asked in an interview--- what is marshalling in c++, pls give me a small code example. thanx in advance kumar_windows

[_AnsHUMAN_]

All data/variables that are passed as parameters to processes, or passed through contexts must have appropriate marshalling functions. These functions convert the data to and from a binary stream. The passing of data and values after being converted to binary stream is called "marshalling". Marshalling is acheived through the use of the classes mStream and umStream, which marshal and unmarshal data respectively. The global functions: mStream & operator<< (mStream & s, T const &v); umStream& operator>> (umStream& s, T &v); Somethings seem HARD to do, until we know how to do them. ;-) _AnShUmAn_

[Stephen Hewitt]

The term "marshalling" usually refers to COM; specifically when you make an object in one apartment accessible in another. See Here[^] for details. Steve