This library is useful to serialized Glob in a binary format that is backward compatible. It is a kind of TLV (Type Length Value) a la Google Protocol Buffer. The default binary serialization provided in Globs is more efficient but is not backward compatible as the value are directly written in the order of the fields in the GlobType.

An id is given to each field using annotation FieldNumber_.

    public static class Proto1 {
        public static GlobType TYPE;

        @FieldNumber_(1)
        public static BooleanField booleanField;
        @FieldNumber_(2)
        public static BooleanArrayField booleanArrayField;
...

       Glob p = Proto1.TYPE.instantiate()
                .set(Proto1.booleanField, true);

        ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        GlobBinWriter binWriter = BinWriterFactory.create().create(byteArrayOutputStream);
        binWriter.write(p);

        GlobType readType = ex.getType();
        ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray());
        GlobBinReader binReader = BinReaderFactory.create().createGlobBinReader(GlobTypeResolver.from(readType));
        Glob r = binReader.read(inputStream).get();
        
        assertTrue(r.isTrue(Proto1.booleanField));