Ultimate JavaScript data serializer.
Serialize and Deserialize structured data, following HTML 5 standard, in a compact and fast way, allowing binary data and serialization to binary.
Primitive types (except symbol)
Boolean objects
Number objects
BigInt objects
String objects
Date
RegExp
▲ Blob
▲ File
× FileList serialize
ArrayBuffer <-------------> string or binary(Buffer)
ArrayBufferView deserialize
× ImageBitmap
▲ ImageData
Array
Object
Map
Set
- Cannot serialize/deserialize symbol, function, WeakMap, WeakSet, WeakRef, Promise, FileList, ImageBitmap, DOM Node.
- Allow Proxy object, since we cannot distinguish them.
- Remind: If you serialize an ArrayBufferView, the original ArrayBuffer it references will be serialized, even if the ArrayBufferView only refers to part of its memory location.
- Always use little endian.
HTML 5 Living Standard:
https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/structured-data.html
MDN: The structured clone algorithm
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm