Is it possible to use struct-like constructs in Java?

Question

I\'m considering using Java for a large project but I haven\'t been able to find anything that remotely represented structures in Java. I need to be able to convert network

Answer 1

You cannot cast array of bytes to instance of class. But you can do much much more with java. Java has internal, very strong and very flexible mechanism of serialization. This is what you need. You can read and write object to/from stream.

If both sides are written in java, there are no problem at all. If one of sides is not java you can customeze your serialization. Start from reading javadoc of java.util.Serializable.