Add support of sequences of maps (#152)

* Refs #18687. Add support of sequences of maps

Signed-off-by: Ricardo González Moreno <[email protected]>

* Refs #18687. Add doxygen

Signed-off-by: Ricardo González Moreno <[email protected]>

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Signed-off-by: Ricardo González Moreno <[email protected]>

Author: richiware

include/fastcdr/Cdr.h

@@ -1896,6 +1896,25 @@ class Cdr_DllAPI Cdr
         return *this;
     }
 
+    /*!
+     * @brief This function template serializes an array of maps of objects.
+     * @param map_t The array of maps of objects that will be serialized in the buffer.
+     * @param numElements Number of the elements in the array.
+     * @return Reference to the eprosima::fastcdr::Cdr object.
+     * @exception exception::NotEnoughMemoryException This exception is thrown when trying to serialize a position that exceeds the internal memory size.
+     */
+    template<class _K, class _T>
+    Cdr& serializeArray(
+            const std::map<_K, _T>* map_t,
+            size_t numElements)
+    {
+        for (size_t count = 0; count < numElements; ++count)
+        {
+            serialize(map_t[count]);
+        }
+        return *this;
+    }
+
     /*!
      * @brief This function template serializes an array of non-basic objects.
      * @param type_t The array of objects that will be serialized in the buffer.
@@ -3184,6 +3203,25 @@ class Cdr_DllAPI Cdr
         return *this;
     }
 
+    /*!
+     * @brief This function deserializes an array of maps of objects.
+     * @param map_t The variable that will store the array of maps of objects read from the buffer.
+     * @param numElements Number of the elements in the array.
+     * @return Reference to the eprosima::fastcdr::Cdr object.
+     * @exception exception::NotEnoughMemoryException This exception is thrown when trying to deserialize a position that exceeds the internal memory size.
+     */
+    template<class _K, class _T>
+    Cdr& deserializeArray(
+            std::map<_K, _T>* map_t,
+            size_t numElements)
+    {
+        for (size_t count = 0; count < numElements; ++count)
+        {
+            deserialize(map_t[count]);
+        }
+        return *this;
+    }
+
     /*!
      * @brief This function template deserializes an array of non-basic objects.
      * @param type_t The variable that will store the array of objects read from the buffer.