removed messagepack dependency.

Gemfile

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 source :rubygems
 
 gem 'rspec'
-gem 'msgpack'
 gem 'sinatra'

example/web_scraper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require_relative '../lib/stormy-cloud'
+require 'net/http'
+
+StormyCloud.new("web_scraper", "localhost") do |c|
+  c.split { (2..5).to_a }
+
+  c.map do |roll_number|
+    uri = URI('http://results.herokuapp.com/result')
+    res = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri, 'rno' => roll_number.to_s)
+    res.body.split('</strong>')[0..1].map {|x| x.split('<strong>')[1] } * ' '
+  end
+
+  c.reduce do |roll_number, result|
+    puts "#{roll_number} #{result}"
+  end
+
+  c.finally do
+    "done"
+  end
+end

lib/transport.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'base64'
 require 'digest'
 require 'msgpack'
 require 'securerandom'
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ def complete?
   def handle(string)
     valid_commands = ["HELLO", "GET", "PUT"]
     command = unserialize(string)
-    
+
     if not (command.kind_of?(Array) and valid_commands.include? command[0])
       # The command is invalid.
       return serialize("INVALID COMMAND")
@@ -214,13 +213,13 @@ def raw_send_message(string)
   # This can be overridden by the specific transport if the protocol used is
   # such that this mode of serialization is disadvantageous.
   def serialize(object)
-    Base64::encode64(object.to_msgpack)
+    Marshal.dump(object)
   end
 
   # Unserialize an object which has been serialized using the `serialize`
   # method.
   def unserialize(string)
-    MessagePack.unpack(Base64::decode64(string))
+    Marshal.load(string)
   end
 
   # Return all variables relevant to the job status.