I am trying to follow the tutorial here and serialize Qt objects. Here is my code:
QFile file("/Users/kaustav/Desktop/boo.dat");
if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
qDebug() << "Cannot open file for writing: "
<< qPrintable(file.errorString()) << endl; //no error message gets printed
return 0;
}
QDataStream out(&file); // we will serialize the data into the file
out.setVersion(QDataStream::Qt_5_3); //adding this makes no difference
out << QString("the answer is"); // serialize a string
out << (qint32)42;
When I run this program, the file gets created in my desktop all right, but its size is 0 kB, it is blank. Naturally, when I then try this:
QFile file("/Users/kaustav/Desktop/boo.dat");
file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
QDataStream in(&file); // read the data serialized from the file
in.setVersion(QDataStream::Qt_5_3);
QString str;
qint32 w;
in >> str >> w;
I get a blank string in str
. What am I doing wrong? If of any help, I am using Qt Creator 3.1.1
based on Qt 5.2.1
.