Example of Pof Internals

PofPrimerGist

package com.benstopford.coherence.bootstrap.morecomplex;

import com.tangosol.io.ReadBuffer;
import com.tangosol.io.pof.*;
import com.tangosol.util.Binary;
import com.tangosol.util.ExternalizableHelper;

import java.io.IOException;

public class PofPrimerGist {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        SimplePofContext context = new SimplePofContext();
        context.registerUserType(1042, PofObject.class, new PortableObjectSerializer(1042));

        PofObject object = new PofObject("TheData");

        //get the binary & stream
        Binary binary = ExternalizableHelper.toBinary(object, context);
        ReadBuffer.BufferInput stream = binary.getBufferInput();

        System.out.printf("Header btye: %s\n" +
                        "ClassType is: %s\n" +
                        "ClassVersion is: %s\n" +
                        "FieldPofId is: %s\n" +
                        "Field data type is: %s\n" +
                        "Field length is: %s\n",
                stream.readPackedInt(),
                stream.readPackedInt(),
                stream.readPackedInt(),
                stream.readPackedInt(),
                stream.readPackedInt(),
                stream.readPackedInt()
        );

        System.out.printf("Field Value is: %s\n",
                binary.toBinary(6, "TheData".length() + 1).getBufferInput().readSafeUTF()
        );

    }

    public static class PofObject implements PortableObject {
        private Object data;

        PofObject(Object data) {
            this.data = data;
        }
        public void readExternal(PofReader pofReader) throws IOException {
            data = pofReader.readObject(1);
        }
        public void writeExternal(PofWriter pofWriter) throws IOException {
            pofWriter.writeObject(1, data);
        }
    }
}