A technique is presented that allows one to store groups of properties in C++, and single properties out of these groups can later be accessed by their name. Our approach refines previous work in this area and is an example for the application of template metaprogramming. Typical usage examples of the introduced class templates are internal representations of serialized data, well suited for semi-automatic as well as manual generation of the corresponding class types.

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