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Type:
    0000 0000 = null
    001- ---- = boolean
    01x- ---- = integer
    100- ---- = float
    101- ---- = string
    110- ---- = array
    111- ---- = dictionary


Boolean:
    0000 0000 = null
    0010 ---0 = false
    0010 ---1 = true
    ---- xxx- =


Integer:
    +------------+ - - - +-----------------+
    | first byte |       | following bytes |
    +------------+ - - - +-----------------+

    first byte:
        010- ---- = positive
        011- ---- = negative
        ---0 ---- = no following bytes
        ---1 ---- = has following byte(s)
        ---- xxxx = value (lsb first)

    following bytes:
        1--- ---- = has following byte(s)
        0--- ---- = last byte
        -xxx xxxx = value (lsb first)


Float:
    +---+
    |   |
    | F +--------------------------+
    |   | 32Bit/64Bit/128Bit Float |
    +---+--------------------------+
    F:
        0000 0000 = null (0 following bytes)
        1000 0000 = zero (0 following bytes)
        1000 0001 = infinity (0 following bytes)
        1000 0010 = -infinity (0 following bytes)
        1000 0011 = NaN (0 following bytes)
        100- -100 = 16Bit
        100- -101 = 64Bit
        100- -110 = 32Bit
        100- -111 = 128Bit (fixed)
        ---x x--- =


String / Byte Array:
    +---+
    |   |
    |   +----------------------------+
    |   |       UUID (16 Bytes)      |
    | F +-----------------+----------+----+
    |   |                 |   raw bytes   |
    |   | length : varint +---- - - - ----+----+---- - - - ----+
    |   |                 | code page : varint |   raw bytes   |
    +---+-----------------+--------------------+---- - - - ----+
    F:
        0000 0000 = null (0 following bytes)
        1010 0000 = empty (0 following bytes)
        101- 0001 = binary (ie. byte array)
        101- 0010 = ascii
        101- 0011 = utf-8
        101- 0100 = utf-16 LE
        101- 0101 = utf-16 BE
        101- 0110 = utf-32
        101- 0111 = ISO 8859-1
        101- 1000 = custom code page (varint follows after length)
        1010 1001 = interpret length as UTF16 char point (no following codepage or string)
        1010 1010 = interpret the following 16 bytes as UUID string (no length or code page)
        101- 1011 =
        101- 11xx =
        ---1 ---- = GZIP compressed bytes


Array:
    +---+---------+ - - +---------+
    |   | entry 1 |     | entry n |
    | F +---------+-----+-+-------+-+ - - - +---------+
    |   | length : varint | entry 1 |       | entry n |
    +---+-----------------+---------+ - - - +---------+
    F:
        0000 0000 = null (0 following bytes)
        1100 xxxx = short array (xxxx denotes the number of entries)
        1101 ---- = long array (varint length follows)


Dictionary:
    +---+--------+---------+ - - - +--------+---------+
    |   | name 1 | value 1 |       | name n | value n |
    |   +--------+--------++-------+--------++ - - - ++-------+---------+
    | F | length : varint | name 1 | value 1 |       | name n | value n |
    |   +-----------------+--------+---------+----+--+-------++------+--+-------+--------------+---------+ - - - +--------------+---------+
    |   | length : varint | prefix count : varint | prefix 1 |       | prefix m | short name 1 | value 1 |       | short name n | value n |
    +---+-----------------+-----------------------+----------+ - - - +----------+--------------+---------+ - - - +--------------+---------+
    F:
        0000 0000 = null (0 following bytes)
        1110 xxxx = small full-name dictionary (no varint length, xxxx denotes number of entries)
        1111 0000 = large full-name dictionary
        1111 0001 = large short-name dictionary
        1111 xxx- =