gistfile1.java

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.msgpack.MessagePack;
import org.msgpack.type.IntegerValue;
import org.msgpack.type.MapValue;
import org.msgpack.type.RawValue;
import org.msgpack.type.ValueFactory;

public class Sample {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        MessagePack msgpack = new MessagePack();

        Map<Object, Object> src = new HashMap<Object, Object>();
        src.put("name", "nausadh");
        src.put("age", 22);
        src.put("dateofbirth", 1332938923948l);

        /**
         * serialize
         */
        byte[] bytes = msgpack.write(src);

        MapValue dstValueMap = msgpack.read(bytes).asMapValue();

        /**
         * deserialize/convert value object into string object.
         * RawValue object represents type of byte array or String in MessagePack for Java.
         */

        // name
        RawValue nameValue = dstValueMap.get(ValueFactory.createRawValue("name")).asRawValue();
        System.out.println("name: " + nameValue.getString());

        // age
        IntegerValue ageValue = dstValueMap.get(ValueFactory.createRawValue("age")).asIntegerValue();
        System.out.println("age: " + ageValue.getInt());

        // dateofbirth
        IntegerValue dobValue = dstValueMap.get(ValueFactory.createRawValue("dateofbirth")).asIntegerValue();
        System.out.println("dateofbirth: " + dobValue.getLong());
    }
}