C/C++ library for platform-independent binary file I/O

Question

I've been trying for months to find a small C or C++ library for platform-independent binary file I/O, that means endian swapping and with fixed size types.

I know that huge libraries like wxWidgets and Qt have them, and that languages like Java and C# also have them, but I'd prefer to use a small library instead of a huge framework.

Answer 1

How about Google Protocol Buffers ?

The library includes bindings for C++, Java and Python.

Answer 2

Have a look at Boost.Serialization

One of it's goals is "Data Portability - Streams of bytes created on one platform should be readable on any other."

There are also links to other libraries providing similar functionality.

Answer 3

Why not just use fstream that comes packaged in with all C++ compilers. You just set the ios::binary flag and make plentiful use of sizeof to make it OS independent. Eg: http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs2604/fall02/binio.html and http://www.codersource.net/c/c-tutorial-on-file-operations/c-file-io-binary-files-using-fstream.aspx

Answer 4

对于大多数文件格式的工作，我更喜欢使用sqlite： http ://www.sqlite.org/很棒的事情是您可以跨操作系统，编程语言和设备访问相同的数据文件。