Method Serialize

go/fory/fory.go:531–552

============================================================================ Serialization Method API ============================================================================ Serialize serializes polymorphic values where concrete type is unknown. Uses runtime type dispatch to find the appropriat

(value any)

//
// For thread-safe usage, use threadsafe.Fory which copies the data internally.
func (f *Fory) Serialize(value any) ([]byte, error) {
	defer f.resetWriteState()
	// WriteData protocol header
	writeHeader(f.writeCtx, f.config)

	// Serialize the value - TypeMeta is written inline using streaming protocol
	reflValue := reflect.ValueOf(value)
	// if it's struct kind, must be pointer to struct, otherwise error
	if reflValue.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
		reflType := reflValue.Type()
		if reflType != dateReflectType && reflType != timeReflectType {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Serialize struct %s directly is disallowed, use pointer to struct (*%s) instead",
				reflValue.Type(), reflValue.Type())
		}
	}
	f.writeCtx.WriteValue(reflValue, RefModeTracking, true)
	if f.writeCtx.HasError() {
		return nil, f.writeCtx.TakeError()
	}

	return f.writeCtx.buffer.GetByteSlice(0, f.writeCtx.buffer.writerIndex), nil
}

// Deserialize deserializes data directly into the provided target value.
// The target must be a pointer to the value to deserialize into.