V.I.P 4.27 5.0 Plugins Blob Serialization v2.1.0

BlobSerialization is a powerful utility plugin that allows you to create a BLOB blueprint variable that can contain anything! This is a form of polymorphism that adds much-needed flexibility to blueprints. Where you had to create a UObject before to contain different types of data, you can now use a Blob! This will allow you to build more powerful and reusable systems which can manipulate different types of data.
BlobSerialization also adds a series of code utilities designed to make serialization of Unreal objects easy and safe for typical use cases, including serializing for debugging, serializing to an external storage such as a database, or serializing over the network. This allows you to read and write UObjects, UStructs, or any arbitrary data, and convert them in any format you desire. These are advanced programming features that require a good understanding of Unreal's Object System.

Features:

• Blobs can contain any blueprint Struct or UObject
• Blobs have several predefined serialization behaviors to choose from (including for persistent storage, SaveGame, Binary or Network)
• Typed Blobs contain type information to allow polymorphic logic
• UObjects can be fully serialized with type information for fully polymorphic UObject serialization
• Write UObjects and structs to Json string
• Write UObjects and structs in text or binary form to files
• Blobs can be used from code more freely using FBlobWriter and FBlobReader, to serialize arbitrary data
• Blobs are safe to pass in the network as replicated variables or RPC parameters
• Blueprint functionality is extended with more structs and function libraries
• Tutorial blueprints, code examples, and unit tests are included in the plugin

Technical Details​

Code Modules:

• BlobSerialization (Runtime)
• BlobSerializationEditor (Editor)

Number of Blueprints: 13 Tutorial and Helper Blueprints
Number of C++ Classes: 4 Public Classes and Structs, New Blueprint Nodes associated
Network Replicated: Yes
Supported Development Platforms: All
Supported Target Build Platforms: All
Code Documentation: see README.md, Blob.h, BlobFunctionLibrary.h, Serialization.h, NetSerialization.h, TextSerialization.h, usage examples in BlobSerializationTests.cpp.
Blueprint Documentation: see BlobTutorialMap and BP_BlobTurorial