I serialized a C++ object, how to allocate memory for it without knowing what type it is?
- by Neo_b
Hello, I have serialized a C++ object and I wish to allocate space for it, although I can't use the "new" operator, because I do not know the object's class. I tried using malloc(sizeof(object)), although trying to typecast the pointer to the type the serialized object is of, the program shut down. Where is the information about the object class stored?
class object
{
public:
virtual void somefunc();
int someint;
};
class objectchild:public object
{
}
object *o=(object*)malloc(sizeof(objectchild));
cout << int(dynamic_cast<objectchild*>(o)) << endl;
This causes a program shutdown.
Thank you in advance.
