Usage Tutorial

Usage Tutorial

The following pages serves as a tutorial for using the Lua implementation of TIER. ##Getting started Encoding a value

Decoding a value

##The basics Basic API walkthrough

Encoding Primitive types

Encoding Lists

Encoding Arrays

Encoding Sets

Encoding Maps

Encoding Tuples

Encoding Unions

Encoding References

Encoding Dynamic Values

Encoding Graphs

##Custom Functionality Custom Encoding API

Creating custom mappings

Custom Arrays and Lists

Custom Sets and Maps

Custom Tuples

Custom Unions

Custom Objects

##Advanced Functionality Creating Sub Byte structures

Creating Generic Lua Value Mappings

Creating a custom dynamic decoder

Decoding the Hessian format