Systems and methods for fragment-based serialization
First Claim
1. One or more data members stored together as a data object, comprising:
- a plurality of sequentially stored bytes; and
at least one data member represented within said plurality of sequentially stored bytes, wherein said at least one data member is associated with a data type; and
at least one type byte within said plurality of sequentially stored bytes that is used to identify the data type of said at least one data member, wherein the at least one type byte is located substantially proximally to the at least one data member.
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Abstract
A method and system for fragment-based serialization places one or more object members in fragments. Fragments may comprise a header and a payload. A header can provide useful information about the fragment, such as an indication of fragment type and an indication of fragment length. A payload may comprise one or more members of an object. Primitive members may be stored in a Binary Fragment with a record format payload. LOB and FS members may be stored in fragments that have a Value Type field for setting forth additional properties of the fragment. Collections may be stored in a series of fragments, a first fragment to indicate a start of a collection, one or more second fragments to serialize collection elements, and a Terminator Fragment to indicate the end of a collection. Fragment-serialized objects minimize storage overhead while providing fast instantiation and low-cost location and updating.
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28 Claims
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1. One or more data members stored together as a data object, comprising:
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a plurality of sequentially stored bytes; and
at least one data member represented within said plurality of sequentially stored bytes, wherein said at least one data member is associated with a data type; and
at least one type byte within said plurality of sequentially stored bytes that is used to identify the data type of said at least one data member, wherein the at least one type byte is located substantially proximally to the at least one data member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for storing or transmitting data objects made up of at least one data member, comprising:
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representing at least one data member within in a plurality of sequentially stored bytes, wherein the at least one data member is associated with a data type; and
dedicating at least one byte within said plurality of sequentially stored bytes to identify type information for the at least one data member, wherein said at least one byte is located substantially proximally to said at least one data member. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28-37. -37. (canceled)
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