Estoy usando C ++ Builder y tengo una matriz vectorial deAppointment objetos.

Quiero guardarlo y cargarlo desde un archivo.

Actualmente, estoy usando ifstream y ofstream con archivos binarios. Tengo un encabezado que contiene el tamaño del vector que se guardará junto con los datos, para saber su tamaño al cargar.

¿La serilización es una mejor manera de hacer esto?

Si es así, ¿necesito usar la biblioteca boost, o de otra manera?

Aquí está mi código actual:

class appointment
{
public:
    appointment();
    appointment(TDateTime aDate, TDateTime aReminderDateTime, string aType,
    string aLocation, string aComments, bool aIsImportant)
    {
        appDateTime = aDate;
        appReminderDateTime = aReminderDateTime;
        appType = aType;
        appLocation = aLocation;
        appComments = aComments;
        appIsImportant = aIsImportant;
    }
    void setAppDateTime(TDateTime aDateTime)
    {
        appDateTime = aDateTime;
    }
    void setappReminderDateTime(TDateTime aReminderDateTime)
    {
        appReminderDateTime = aReminderDateTime;
    }
    /*
    void printAppointmentDetails()
    {
        cout << "Appointment Date: " << appDateTime << endl;
        cout << "Appointment Reminder Date: " << appReminderDateTime << endl;
        cout << "Appointment Type: " << appType << endl;
        cout << "Appointment Location: " << appLocation << endl;
        cout << "Appointment Comments: " << appComments << endl;
        if (appIsImportant)
        {
            cout << "Appointment IsImportant: " << "Yes" << endl;
        } else {
            cout << "Appointment IsImportant: " << "No" << endl;
        }
    }

    */
    void setType(string aType)
    {
        appType = aType;
    }
    void setLocation(string aLocation)
    {
        appLocation = aLocation;
    }
    void setComments(string aComments)
    {
        appComments = aComments;
    }
    void setIsImportant(bool aIsImportant)
    {
        appIsImportant = aIsImportant;
    }
    TDateTime getAppDateTime()
    {
        return appDateTime;
    }
    TDateTime getAppReminderDateTime()
    {
        return appReminderDateTime;
    }
    string getType()
    {
        return appType;
    }
    string getLocation()
    {
        return appLocation;
    }
    string getComments()
    {
        return appComments;
    }
    bool getIsImportant()
    {
        return appIsImportant;
    }
private:
    //appointment();
    TDateTime appDateTime;
    TDateTime appReminderDateTime;
    string appType;
    string appLocation;
    string appComments;
    bool appIsImportant;
    //person owner;
};

class calendar
{
public:
    calendar()
    {
        //loadFromFile();
        //load persons
        //calculateimportantAppointments
    }
    ~calendar()
    {
        saveToFile();
    }
    //addperson
    //editperson
    //removeperson
    void createAppointment(TDateTime aDate, TDateTime aReminderDateTime, string aType,
    string aLocation, string aComments, bool aIsImportant)
    {
        appointment newAppointment(aDate, aReminderDateTime, aType,
        aLocation, aComments, aIsImportant);
        appointments.push_back(newAppointment);
    }
    /*
    void printAllAppointmentDetails()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < appointments.size(); i++)
        {
            appointments[i].printAppointmentDetails();
        }
    }
    void calculateImportantAppointments()
    {

    }
    int getNumberOfImportantAppointments()
    {
        int intImportantAppointmentCount = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < appointments.size(); i++)
        {
             if (appointments[i].getIsImportant())
                intImportantAppointmentCount += 1;
        }
        return intImportantAppointmentCount;
    }

    appointment[] getImportantAppointments()
    {

    }
    appointment[] getAllAppointments()
    {

    }
    */
    void loadFromFile()
    {
        ifstream iStream("file.ext", ios::binary);
        if (!iStream)
        {
            cout << "No file";
        } else {
            fileHeader_t fHeader;
            iStream.read((char*)&fHeader, sizeof(fileHeader_t));
            if (fHeader.magicNumber = 0xDEADBEAF)
            {
                appointments.resize(fHeader.appointmentCount);
                iStream.read((char*)&appointments[0], fHeader.appointmentCount * sizeof(appointment));
            }
        }
    }
    void saveToFile()
    {
        ofstream oStream("file.ext", ios::binary);
        fileHeader_t fHeader;
        fHeader.magicNumber = 0xDEADBEAF;
        fHeader.appointmentCount = appointments.size();
        oStream.write((char*)&fHeader, sizeof(fileHeader_t));
        oStream.write((char*)&appointments[0], sizeof(appointment) * appointments.size());
    }
    //vector<appointment> appointments;
private:
    vector<appointment> appointments;
    string calCurrentDate;
    string calCurrentTime;
    typedef struct fileHeader_s
    {
        DWORD magicNumber;
        size_t appointmentCount;
    }fileHeader_t;
};

Recibo los siguientes errores al llamar al método loadFromFile ().

[Advertencia BCC32] File1.cpp (185): W8060 Asignación posiblemente incorrecta [Error de ILINK32] Error: 'cita (cita) externa no resuelta' referenciada desde \ PROFILES.SOIT.LOCAL \ HOMES $ \ SIMON.CANNING \ MIS DOCUMENTOS \ RAD STUDIO \ PROJECTS \ DEBUG \ FILE1.OBJ [Error de ILINK32] Error: No se puede realizar el enlace

Entiendo que esto sucede debido a la llamada del constructor. ¿Puedo tener algún consejo sobre cómo solucionar este problema?