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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.
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include "binary_archive.h"
+
+namespace serialization {
+
+template <class T>
+bool parse_binary(const std::string &blob, T &v)
+{
+  std::istringstream istr(blob);
+  binary_archive<false> iar(istr);
+  return ::serialization::serialize(iar, v);
+}
+
+template<class T>
+bool dump_binary(T& v, std::string& blob)
+{
+  std::stringstream ostr;
+  binary_archive<true> oar(ostr);
+  bool success = ::serialization::serialize(oar, v);
+  blob = ostr.str();
+  return success && ostr.good();
+};
+
+} // namespace serialization