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#ifndef CEREAL_TYPES_BOOST_VARIANT_HPP_
#define CEREAL_TYPES_BOOST_VARIANT_HPP_

#include <cereal/cereal.hpp>
#include <boost/variant.hpp>
#include <boost/mpl/size.hpp>

namespace cereal
{
  namespace variant_detail
  {
    template <class Archive>
    struct variant_save_visitor : boost::static_visitor<>
    {
      variant_save_visitor(Archive & ar_) : ar(ar_) {}

      template<class T>
        void operator()(T const & value) const
        {
          ar( CEREAL_NVP_("data", value) );
        }

      Archive & ar;
    };

    template<int N, class Variant, class ... Args, class Archive>
    typename std::enable_if<N == boost::mpl::size<typename Variant::types>::value, void>::type
    load_variant(Archive & /*ar*/, int /*target*/, Variant & /*variant*/)
    {
      throw ::cereal::Exception("Error traversing variant during load");
    }

    template<int N, class Variant, class H, class ... T, class Archive>
    typename std::enable_if<N < boost::mpl::size<typename Variant::types>::value, void>::type
    load_variant(Archive & ar, int target, Variant & variant)
    {
      if(N == target)
      {
        H value;
        ar( CEREAL_NVP_("data", value) );
        variant = value;
      }
      else
        load_variant<N+1, Variant, T...>(ar, target, variant);
    }

  } // namespace variant_detail

  template <class Archive, typename... VariantTypes> inline
  void CEREAL_SAVE_FUNCTION_NAME( Archive & ar, boost::variant<VariantTypes...> const & variant )
  {
    int32_t which = variant.which();
    ar( CEREAL_NVP_("which", which) );
    variant_detail::variant_save_visitor<Archive> visitor(ar);
    variant.apply_visitor(visitor);
  }

  template <class Archive, typename... VariantTypes> inline
  void CEREAL_LOAD_FUNCTION_NAME( Archive & ar, boost::variant<VariantTypes...> & variant )
  {
    typedef typename boost::variant<VariantTypes...>::types types;

    int32_t which;
    ar( CEREAL_NVP_("which", which) );
    if(which >= boost::mpl::size<types>::value)
      throw Exception("Invalid 'which' selector when deserializing boost::variant");

    variant_detail::load_variant<0, boost::variant<VariantTypes...>, VariantTypes...>(ar, which, variant);
  }
} // namespace cereal

#endif // CEREAL_TYPES_BOOST_VARIANT_HPP_