MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format. It lets you exchange data among multiple languages like JSON. But it's faster and smaller. Small integers are encoded into a single byte, and typical short strings require only one extra byte in addition to the strings themselves.
- Message Pack specification: https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md
For Maven users:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.msgpack</groupId>
<artifactId>msgpack-core</artifactId>
<version>0.7.0</version>
</dependency>
For sbt users:
libraryDependencies += "org.msgpack" % "msgpack-core" % "0.7.0"
msgpack-java uses sbt for building the projects. For the basic usage of sbt, see:
Enter the sbt console:
$ ./sbt
Then you can run
> ~compile # Compile source codes
> ~test:compile # Compile both source and test codes
> ~test # Run tests upon source code change
> ~test-only *MessagePackTest # Run tests in the specified class
> ~test-only *MessagePackTest -- -n prim # Run the test tagged as "prim"
> project msgpack-core # Focus on a specific project
> package # Create a jar file in the target folder of each project
> findbugs # Produce findbugs report
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publishLocal # Install to local .ivy2 repository publishM2 # Install to local .m2 Maven repository publishSigned # Publish GPG signed artifacts to the Sonatype repository sonatypeRelease # Publish to the Maven Central (It will be synched within less than 4 hours)
For publishing to Maven central, msgpack-java uses [sbt-sonatype](https://github.com/xerial/sbt-sonatype) plugin. Set Sonatype account information (user name and password) in the global sbt settings. To protect your password, never include this file in your project.
___$HOME/.sbt/(sbt-version)/sonatype.sbt___
credentials += Credentials("Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager", "oss.sonatype.org", "(Sonatype user name)", "(Sonatype password)")
### Project Structure
msgpack-core # Contains packer/unpacker implementation that never uses third-party libraries