added SerializableStruct which defines serialize() and toPropertyTree()

src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include "utils/MoneroUtils.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include "mnemonics/electrum-words.h"
+#include "mnemonics/english.h"
+
+using namespace cryptonote;
+using namespace epee;
+
+/**
+ * Public interface for libmonero-cpp library.
+ */
+namespace monero {
+
+  string SerializableStruct::serialize() {
+    boost::property_tree::ptree node;
+    toPropertyTree(node);
+    return MoneroUtils::serialize(node);
+  }
+
+  // ---------------------------- PRIVATE HELPERS -----------------------------
+
+}

src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.h

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+#include "utils/MoneroUtils.h"
 #include "include_base_utils.h"
 #include "common/util.h"
 #include "wallet/wallet2.h" // TODO: this is imported so BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP works; more precise import?
+#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -9,6 +12,26 @@ using namespace std;
  */
 namespace monero {
 
+  /**
+   * Base struct model which is serializable.
+   */
+  struct SerializableStruct {
+
+    /**
+     * Serializes the struct to a json string.
+     *
+     * @return the struct serialized to a json string
+     */
+    string serialize();
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes a property tree node from this struct.
+     *
+     * @param node is the node to initialize
+     */
+    virtual void toPropertyTree(boost::property_tree::ptree& node);
+  };
+
   /**
    * Enumerates Monero network types.
    */

src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp

@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ void MoneroUtils::binaryBlocksToJson(const std::string &bin, std::string &json)
 //  throw runtime_error("deserializeOutputWallet(outputStr) not implemented");
 //}
 
+string MoneroUtils::serialize(const boost::property_tree::ptree& node) {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  boost::property_tree::write_json(ss, node, false);
+  return ss.str();
+}
+
 boost::property_tree::ptree MoneroUtils::toPropertyTree(const MoneroAccount& account) {
   cout << "toPropertyTree(account)" << endl;
   boost::property_tree::ptree accountNode;

src/utils/MoneroUtils.h

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include "cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_basic.h"
 #include "serialization/keyvalue_serialization.h"	// TODO: consolidate with other binary deps?
 #include "storages/portable_storage.h"
-#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
-#include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
 
 /**
  * Collection of utilities for working with Monero's binary portable storage format.
@@ -62,6 +60,8 @@ namespace MoneroUtils
   //    return str;
   //  }
 
+  string serialize(const boost::property_tree::ptree& node);
+
   boost::property_tree::ptree toPropertyTree(const MoneroAccount& account);
 
   boost::property_tree::ptree toPropertyTree(const MoneroSubaddress& subaddress);