Programming Distributed Systems with YAMI4

The parameters object is serialized into a sequence of words according to the following rules:

the first word contains number of entries - this might be 0, which means that the empty parameters object is serialized to just a single word

Then, for each entry:

entry name is serialized as its length (word) followed by sequence of characters (possibly padded)
entry type is serialized as a word (boolean: 1, integer: 2, long: 3, double: 4, string: 5, binary: 6, boolean array: 7, integer array: 8, long array: 9, double array: 10, string array: 11, binary array: 12, nested parameters: 13, nested parameters array: 14)
entry value, depending on type

The entry value is serialized as follows:

boolean as a word of value 1 or 0 (for true/false, respectively)
integer as a word
long as two words, least significant first
double as its own bit pattern reinterpreted as long
string as its length (word) followed by sequence of characters (possibly padded)
binary as its length (word) followed by sequence of bytes (possibly padded)
nested parameters: recursively

Arrays are serialized as their length (word) followed by individual elements, according to their type, as described above.