/** @brief serializes the object into the passed byte stream.
*/
void TableColumn::serialize(messageqcpp::ByteStream& b)
{
if (preserialized->length() != 0)
{
b += *preserialized;
preserialized->reset();
// cerr << "returning a preserialized column" << endl;
return;
}
messageqcpp::ByteStream::octbyte rowCount;
messageqcpp::ByteStream::octbyte oid;
messageqcpp::ByteStream::byte nullFlag;
messageqcpp::ByteStream::byte columnType;
oid = fColumnOID;
b << oid;
columnType = fColumnType;
b << columnType;
if (fIsNullColumn)
nullFlag = 1;
else
nullFlag = 0;
b << nullFlag;
if (!fIsNullColumn)
{
if (fColumnType == UINT64)
{
rowCount = fIntValues->size();
b << rowCount;
b.append((uint8_t*) & (*fIntValues)[0], 8 * rowCount);
}
else if (fColumnType == STRING)
{
rowCount = fStrValues->size();
b << rowCount;
for (uint32_t i = 0; i < rowCount; i++)
b << (*fStrValues)[i];
}
}
}
void TypelessData::serialize(messageqcpp::ByteStream &b) const
{
b << len;
b.append(data, len);
}