Purpose

Core topics cover fundamental concepts and essential information for using the MessagePack Ruby library.

Topics

• Serialization - Converting Ruby objects to binary format and back

• Factory pattern - Thread-safe packer/unpacker management

• Extension types - Custom type registration system

• Timestamp extension - Nanosecond precision time handling

• Symbol extension - Efficient symbol serialization

• Buffer management - Efficient chunked binary data storage

• Streaming - Incremental data parsing