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MessagePackabstract

inherits Object

Compact binary serialization: pack: a value to Bytes, unpack: it back.

The same value mapping as JSON — and unlike JSON, MessagePack has a native bytes type, so Bytes round-trips without a Base64 detour. Numbers beyond the 64-bit range (a large BigInteger) and any BigDecimal serialize as their exact digits in a string.

MessagePack.pack:#{'a': 1}                        "* -> Bytes[4] 81 a1 61 01
MessagePack.unpack:(MessagePack.pack:#{'a': 1})   "* -> #{'a': 1}

Class methods

pack:

Serialize a value (Maps, Lists, Strings, numbers, Booleans, Bytes, nil) to MessagePack Bytes.

MessagePack.pack:#(1 2 3)     "* -> Bytes[4] 93 01 02 03

native

unpack:Bytes

Deserialize MessagePack Bytes back into Quoin values — the inverse of pack:. Malformed input throws a ParseError.

(MessagePack.unpack:(MessagePack.pack:#{'a': 1})) == #{'a': 1}     "* -> true

native