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+// Copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers
+// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp>
+
+
+namespace tools
+{
+  template<class t_object>
+  bool serialize_obj_to_file(t_object& obj, const std::string& file_path)
+  {
+    TRY_ENTRY();
+    std::ofstream data_file;
+    data_file.open( file_path , std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::out| std::ios::trunc);
+    if(data_file.fail())
+      return false;
+
+    boost::archive::binary_oarchive a(data_file);
+    a << obj;
+
+    return !data_file.fail();
+    CATCH_ENTRY_L0("serialize_obj_to_file", false);
+  }
+
+  template<class t_object>
+  bool unserialize_obj_from_file(t_object& obj, const std::string& file_path)
+  {
+    TRY_ENTRY();
+
+    std::ifstream data_file;  
+    data_file.open( file_path, std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::in);
+    if(data_file.fail())
+      return false;
+    boost::archive::binary_iarchive a(data_file);
+
+    a >> obj;
+    return !data_file.fail();
+    CATCH_ENTRY_L0("unserialize_obj_from_file", false);
+  }
+}