Author: Dhriti Shikhar

Serialization

The process of converting an object into stream of bytes.

Purpose of serialization

• To recreate the object whenever needed
• retain state of object
• provide storage of object
• to provide support for data exchange

FlatBuffers

• serialization format from Google
• its fast

This is the implementation of FlatBuffers in golang

How to run

1. Install flatbuffer from source. Reference —> https://rwinslow.com/posts/how-to-install-flatbuffers/

2. write a schema file. Here, myschema.fbs is the schema file.
   Run it using the command:

./flatbuffers/flatc -g myschema.fbs

where flatc is the binary

1. write your program in main.go

2. run it using the command:

GOPATH=$(pwd) go run main.go