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I want to store the ciphertext encrypted by hybrid cpabe_BSW07 in files, but I found errors when pickling the ciphertext:

raise TypeError, "can't pickle %s objects" % base.__name__
TypeError: can't pickle Element objects

from charm.toolbox.pairinggroup import PairingGroup
from charm.schemes.abenc.abenc_bsw07 import CPabe_BSW07
from charm.adapters.abenc_adapt_hybrid import HybridABEnc
import pickle


if __name__ == "__main__":
  groupObj = PairingGroup('SS512')
  cpabe = CPabe_BSW07(groupObj)
  hyb_abe = HybridABEnc(cpabe, groupObj)
  (pk, mk) = hyb_abe.setup()
  access_policy = '((four or three) and (two or one))'
  sk = hyb_abe.keygen(pk, mk, ['ONE', 'TWO', 'THREE'])

  sourcefile = open("source.dat", 'rb')
  plaintext = sourcefile.read()
  sourcefile.close()

  encryptedfile = open("encrypted.dat", 'wb')
  ciphertext = hyb_abe.encrypt(pk, plaintext, access_policy)
  pickle.dump(ciphertext, encryptedfile)
  encryptedfile.close()
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hahaha, I know how to solve now:

from charm.toolbox.pairinggroup import PairingGroup
from charm.schemes.abenc.abenc_bsw07 import CPabe_BSW07
from charm.adapters.abenc_adapt_hybrid import HybridABEnc
import pickle

if __name__ == "__main__":
  groupObj = PairingGroup('SS512')
  cpabe = CPabe_BSW07(groupObj)
  hyb_abe = HybridABEnc(cpabe, groupObj)
  (pk, mk) = hyb_abe.setup()
  access_policy = '((four or three) and (two or one))'
  sk = hyb_abe.keygen(pk, mk, ['ONE', 'TWO', 'THREE'])

  sourcefile = open("source.dat", 'rb')
  plaintext = sourcefile.read()
  sourcefile.close()

  encryptedfile = open("encrypted.dat", 'wb')
  ciphertext = hyb_abe.encrypt(pk, plaintext, access_policy)
  ciphertext["c1"]["C"] = groupObj.serialize(ciphertext["c1"]["C"])
  for key in ciphertext["c1"]["Cy"] :
      ciphertext["c1"]["Cy"][key] = groupObj.serialize(ciphertext["c1"]["Cy"][key])
  ciphertext["c1"]["C_tilde"] = groupObj.serialize(ciphertext["c1"]["C_tilde"])
  for key in ciphertext["c1"]["Cyp"] :
    ciphertext["c1"]["Cyp"][key] = groupObj.serialize(ciphertext["c1"]["Cyp"][key])
  pickle.dump(ciphertext, encryptedfile)
  encryptedfile.close()

  encryptedfile = open("encrypted.dat", 'rb')
  ciphertext2 = pickle.load(encryptedfile)
  ciphertext2["c1"]["C"] = groupObj.deserialize(ciphertext2["c1"]["C"])
  for key in ciphertext2["c1"]["Cy"]:
    ciphertext2["c1"]["Cy"][key] = groupObj.deserialize(ciphertext2["c1"]["Cy"][key])
  ciphertext2["c1"]["C_tilde"] = groupObj.deserialize(ciphertext2["c1"]["C_tilde"])
  for key in ciphertext2["c1"]["Cyp"]:
    ciphertext2["c1"]["Cyp"][key] = groupObj.deserialize(ciphertext2["c1"]["Cyp"][key])
  print hyb_abe.decrypt(pk, sk, ciphertext2) == plaintext
  encryptedfile.close()
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  • In addition to posting your code, it is necessary to describe how you solved it and what the problem was. Please [edit] your answer to make it better and you might get an upvote. – Artjom B. Apr 06 '17 at 18:55
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I had the same problem trying to serialize a dict generated by Charm crypto using json, pickle, simplejson and solved it by using charm.core.engine.util.objectToBytes|bytesToObject methods.

from charm.core.engine.util import objectToBytes, bytesToObject
<...>
emsg = objectToBytes(cipher_text,group)
msg = bytesToObject(fin.read(),group)
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