Serializing data in C

Question

Please tell me how to serialize data (like binary files) in C. And, how can i send this serialized data over sockets, so that it can be successfully received by the corresponding Java client.

Actually i want to convert this binary file into byte array so that it can be send over the sockets.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

For interoperating between C and Java, you could use Google's Protocol Buffers (the Google reference implementation supports C++ and Java, and there's third party implementations for plain C).