serialize.java 1.0.0 — the serialize wire on the JVM

The serialize wire on the JVM. This is the first release of serialize.java: the family's bitpacking serializer for Java 17 and up, wire compatible with the C++ serialize library — the same bytes, bit for bit, on every platform.

What you get:

• The full primitive surface: raw bits, ranged integers through 128 bits, bool, bit-transparent float and double, the compressed float, relative integers, alignment, byte blocks, UTF-8 and wide strings, and fixed point across all storage widths — through write, read, and measure streams over a shared BitStream interface.
• Byte-identical wire, proven: the port reproduces the reference's golden wire vectors exactly and passes the full sabotage sweep — every consumed bit of the conformance stream is load-bearing, and hostile bytes never throw.
• Reads validate everything; writes trust the caller, with assert-based contracts that are active under -ea and free at runtime — the asserts live in extracted predicates, so disabled assertions cost the JIT nothing.
• Zero allocation in steady state: primitive-specialized holder cells and a reset() reuse surface keep the hot paths garbage-free, verified by allocation profiling.
• Zero dependencies, plain Makefile: make test runs the suite on the pinned JDK, make bench runs the family benchmark, golden gated so it reports nothing on a bad wire.

One contract to know before you wire it in: the reader carries the reference's allocation contract — the buffer must extend at least eight bytes past the data — documented with examples in USAGE.md, which teaches every operation with code that runs.