builds now. Implements serializable base class

src/core/dns/Record.cpp

@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ namespace DNS {
 
 
 Record::Record(const uint16_t id) : _id(id) {
-        _os = ostream(_sb);
+    _os = new ostream(&_sb);
-        _os << "NOT IMPLEMENTED";
+    *_os << "NOT IMPLEMENTED";
-    }
+}
 
-ostream& Record::operator>>(Serializable& record) {
+Record::~Record() {
-    return _os;
+    delete _os;
+}
+
+ostream& Record::serialze() {
+    return *_os;
 }
 
 ARecord::ARecord() : Record(1) {}

src/core/dns/include/Record.hpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "Resource.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <memory>
 
 namespace Plains {
 namespace Core {
@@ -12,13 +13,15 @@ namespace DNS {
 using std::ostream;
 using std::stringbuf;
 
+
 // Provides an abstract class for dns records that may be stored in the database
 class Record : public Resource
 {
     public:
     const uint16_t _id;
-    ostream& operator>>(Serializable& object);
+    ostream& serialze();
     Record(const uint16_t id);
+    ~Record();
 
     private:
     stringbuf _sb;

src/core/include/Serializable.hpp

@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 #define SERIALIZABLE_HPP
 #include <string>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
 
 namespace Plains {
 namespace Core {
 
 
 using std::ostream;
-
+using std::shared_ptr;
 class Serializable {
     public:
     // Serialize
-    virtual ostream& operator>>(Serializable& object);
+    virtual ostream& serialze() = 0;
     // Deserialize
-    //virtual Serializable& operator<<(ostream& os);
+    template <typename objT> static shared_ptr<objT> deserialize(ostream& os);
 };
 
 }}