Create binary struct object for primitives, lists, sets and maps

For the plugin framework, we need a struct that can represent the binary form of a generic object. Right now, TObject exists, but it can only encode java primitives. We need something that’ll be able to encode primitives in addition to lists, sets and maps.

Here’s the approach I’d take:

1. Create a class that wraps a generic Object in the concourse-plugin-core project
2. Create a toByteBuffer method in the class that will return a byte buffer representation of the wrapped object

For the binary struct, I think the format should be

• type (1 byte)
• payload (n-1 bytes)

[CompetentSystem]

I was searching for a project to contribute to. Concourse seems very interesting and I thought I could learn by contributing. But now I realized this is just too hard. I’ve been programming Java for 3 years now and I think this is far too complex for me. But keep up the great work and good luck, Jeff. 😃

[chandresh-pancholi]

Sure. I am quite free so i will finish it quickly.