Fast serialize/deseriali​ze

Version 1.1.0.0 (8.65 KB) by Christian Kothe
These functions can serialize most MATLAB data structures into a byte vector and vice versa.
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This is an optimized rewrite of Tim Hutt's Serialize/Deserialize functions (it is up to 10x faster on arcane data structures) and supports a few additional data types.

Known limitations:
* Java objects cannot be serialized
* Arrays with more than 255 dimensions have their last dimensions clamped
* Handles to nested/scoped functions can only be deserialized when their parent functions
support the BCILAB argument reporting protocol (e.g., by using arg_define).
* New MATLAB objects need to be reasonably friendly to serialization; either they support
construction from a struct, or they support loadobj(struct), or all their important properties
can be set via set(obj,'name',value)

It has been tested relatively extensively but if you catch a bug, let me know!

Cite As

Christian Kothe (2025). Fast serialize/deserialize (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/34564-fast-serialize-deserialize), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2010b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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Inspired by: Serialize/Deserialize

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Version Published Release Notes
1.1.0.0

Included the improvements suggested by Moti Zilberman. Also corrected a bug involving sparse scalars (which could not be serialized before under some circumstances).
1.0.0.0