Nim Hessian Serialization Library (NHSL)

The NHSL module is a partial implementation of the Hessian binary protocol. Hessian is a compact binary protocol for cross-platform web services and messaging. It allows you to represent binary data (integers, floats, lists objects, etc.) in a very compact form. This allows storage or communication to be small and fast.

For the Hessian spec, see http://hessian.caucho.com/doc/hessian-serialization.html

This is only a partial implementation of the Hessian protocol.

Supported

• boolean
• double
  • Compact: double zero
  • Compact: double one
  • Compact: double octet
  • Compact: double short
  • Compact: double float
• int
  • Compact: single octet integers
  • Compact: two octet integers
  • Compact: three octet integers
• list
  • Compact: fixed length list
• long
  • Compact: single octet longs
  • Compact: two octet longs
  • Compact: three octet longs
  • Compact: four octet longs
• string
  • Compact: short strings

Unsupported:

• binary data
  • Compact: short binary
• date
  • Compact: date in minutes
• map
• null
• object
  • Compact: class definition
  • Compact: object instantiation
• ref
• type
  • Compact: type references