Serialization

To actually (de)serialize data, you need to use the CBF singleton.

Serialization

To serialize data, you can use the write functions. You can either directly pass a ByteBuffer instance, or automatically let the previously set defaultBufferProvider provide one and get the bytes directly.

val buf = CBF.buffer() // Also uses the default buffer provider
val list = listOf("test1", "test2", "test3")
CBF.write(list, buf)
val bytes = buf.toByteArray()

or

val list = listOf("test1", "test2", "test3")
val bytes = CBF.write(list)
// ...

Deserialization

Deserialization is pretty similar, but you obviously need to pass input data here. Both ByteBuffer and ByteArray are supported.

val list = CBF.read<List<String>>(buffer)

or

val list = CBF.read<List<String>>(bytes)

Check out the Compound section to see how to store related data in a single object.

Tip

The NettyBufferProvider also registers a few extension functions allowing you to directly pass a netty ByteBuf instead of the cbf buffer. You can also get a cbf buffer via Netty's ByteBufAllocator. Just call ByteBufAllocator.cbfBuffer().