From 8f659217533b3e46a339c95b77bc05fb5064bf0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joakim Hove <joakim.hove@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 08:42:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add put_vector() and get_vector() methods to Serializer

---
 opm/common/utility/Serializer.hpp | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 tests/test_Serializer.cpp         |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/opm/common/utility/Serializer.hpp b/opm/common/utility/Serializer.hpp
index 6f7f65eb4..64b7b5e67 100644
--- a/opm/common/utility/Serializer.hpp
+++ b/opm/common/utility/Serializer.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,24 @@ public:
         return value;
     }
 
+    template<typename T>
+    void put_vector(const std::vector<T>& values) {
+        this->put(values.size());
+        this->pack(values.data(), values.size() * sizeof(T));
+    }
+
+
+
+    template<typename T>
+    std::vector<T> get_vector() {
+        std::size_t size = this->get<std::size_t>();
+        std::vector<T> values(size);
+        for (std::size_t index=0; index < size; index++)
+            values[index] = this->get<T>();
+
+        return values;
+    }
+
     template<typename K, typename T>
     void put_map(const std::unordered_map<K,T>& values) {
         this->put(values.size());
diff --git a/tests/test_Serializer.cpp b/tests/test_Serializer.cpp
index 086acb042..459f3012e 100644
--- a/tests/test_Serializer.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_Serializer.cpp
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SERIALIZER) {
     double double_value = 3.14;
     std::string string_value = "String";
     std::unordered_map<std::string, int> m = {{"A", 1}, {"B", 2}, {"C", 3}};
+    std::vector<int> v = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
 
     ser.put(int_value);
     ser.put(double_value);
     ser.put(string_value);
     ser.put_map(m);
+    ser.put_vector(v);
 
     Opm::Serializer ser2(ser.buffer);
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ser2.get<int>(), int_value);
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SERIALIZER) {
 
     std::unordered_map<std::string, int> m2 = ser2.get_map<std::string,int>();
     BOOST_CHECK(m2 == m);
+
+    std::vector<int> v2 = ser2.get_vector<int>();
+    BOOST_CHECK(v2 == v);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(EMPTY_STRING) {