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Array types (#11 - #17)

The array types are preceded by a 32-bit int indicating the number of values in the array that follows. This int is itself not preceded by a byte indicating it is an int. A big-endian array of 8 shorts with numbers 100 through 107 is therefore coded as follows:

|12|0|0|0|8|
|0|100|0|101|0|102|0|103|0|104|0|105|0|106|0|107|

In this illustration, the 21 bytes have been divided over two lines for readability. The serialized data may not contain such line breaks.

Big-Endian representation

code name description
11 BYTE_8_ARRAY Byte array, preceded by a 32-bit big-endian number indicating the number of bytes
12 SHORT_16_ARRAY Short array, preceded by a 32-bit big-endian number indicating the number of big-endian encoded shorts
13 INT_32_ARRAY Integer array, preceded by a 32-bit big-endian number indicating the number of big-endian encoded integers
14 LONG_64_ARRAY Long array, preceded by a 32-bit big-endian number indicating the number of big-endian encoded longs
15 FLOAT_32_ARRAY Float array, preceded by a 32-bit big-endian number indicating the number of big-endian encoded floats
16 DOUBLE_64_ARRAY Double array, preceded by a 32-bit big-endian number indicating the number of big-endian encoded doubles
17 BOOLEAN_8_ARRAY Boolean array, preceded by a 32-bit big-endian number indicating the number of booleans

Little-Endian representation

code name description
11 BYTE_8_ARRAY Byte array, preceded by a 32-bit little-endian number indicating the number of bytes
12 SHORT_16_ARRAY Short array, preceded by a 32-bit little-endian number indicating the number of shorts, little-endian coded shorts
13 INT_32_ARRAY Integer array, preceded by a 32-bit little-endian number indicating the number of integers, little-endian coded ints
14 LONG_64_ARRAY Long array, preceded by a 32-bit little-endian number indicating the number of longs, little-endian coded longs
15 FLOAT_32_ARRAY Float array, preceded by a 32-bit little-endian number indicating the number of floats, little-endian coded floats
16 DOUBLE_64_ARRAY Double array, preceded by a 32-bit little-endian number indicating the number of doubles, little-endian coded doubles
17 BOOLEAN_8_ARRAY Boolean array, preceded by a 32-bit little-endian number indicating the number of booleans