From 1f90f2592d0b74a5013e6b0f0bac988fb3c9effa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sgeo Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:40:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Persister (.world etc.) format (markdown) --- Persister-(.world-etc.)-format.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Persister-(.world-etc.)-format.md b/Persister-(.world-etc.)-format.md index ac41543..a36284a 100644 --- a/Persister-(.world-etc.)-format.md +++ b/Persister-(.world-etc.)-format.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Data in Persister format does not mark itself to indicate their types, the types are assumed by the deserialization code. That is, a Portal being read in knows when to expect a boolean, a string, and an integer, for example. Without knowing what a Portal wants to read, it is not possible to determine where the next item begins. -During reading or writing, WorldsPlayer maintains 3 tables: Object table, Class table, Cookie table (for versions). These serve as a caching mechanism, +During reading or writing, WorldsPlayer maintains 3 tables: Object table, Class table, Cookie table (for versions). These serve as a caching mechanism, so that objects can be reused and class names do not need to be repeated. # Primitive data types @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Worlds generally uses the format described by [Java's DataInput](https://docs.or * String: Starts with a byte, where 0x01 means the string is null (and the next byte is for the next item) and 0x00 means non-null. If non-null, next 2 bytes are the length in number of bytes (big-endian). Following is the actual string data, in modified UTF-8. (The bytes after the non-null indicator are merely read by DataInput). * Boolean: 1 byte, 0x00 for false 0x01 for true. * Byte, Double, Long, Int, Float, Short: Self-explanatory +* Arrays, vectors, maybenulls: Explained below # Objects -Obj \ No newline at end of file + +Assuming empty class and object table, an object consists of an object ID (integer), a class ID (integer), class name (String), and then data as determined by the specific class. + +## Example from GroundZero \ No newline at end of file