@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public ByteBuffer serialize() {
if (serialized != null) {
return serialized.duplicate();
}
ByteBufferOutputStream out = new ByteBufferOutputStream();
int i = 0;
for (Component c : components) {
Serializer<?> s = serializerForPosition(i);
ByteBuffer cb = c.getBytes(s);
if (cb == null) {
cb = ByteBuffer.allocate(0);
}
if (dynamic) {
String comparator = comparatorForPosition(i);
if (comparator == null) {
comparator = c.getComparator();
}
if (comparator == null) {
comparator = BYTESTYPE.getTypeName();
}
int p = comparator.indexOf("(reversed=true)");
boolean desc = false;
if (p >= 0) {
comparator = comparator.substring(0, p);
desc = true;
}
if (aliasToComparatorMapping.inverse().containsKey(comparator)) {
byte a = aliasToComparatorMapping.inverse().get(comparator);
if (desc) {
a = (byte) Character.toUpperCase((char) a);
}
out.writeShort((short) (0x8000 | a));
} else {
out.writeShort((short) comparator.length());
out.write(comparator.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
}
// if (comparator.equals(BYTESTYPE.getTypeName()) && (cb.remaining() ==
// 0)) {
// log.warn("Writing zero-length BytesType, probably an error");
// }
}
out.writeShort((short) cb.remaining());
out.write(cb.slice());
if ((i == (components.size() - 1)) && (equality != ComponentEquality.EQUAL)) {
out.write(equality.toByte());
} else {
out.write(c.getEquality().toByte());
}
i++;
}
serialized = out.getByteBuffer();
return serialized.duplicate();
}