Red5 Data Mapping

When sending data to Red5 handlers, it is important to know the counter-part data types used in the server’s Java code.

There’s is one article mentioning about this at http://jira.red5.org/confluence/display/codecs/Data+Type+Mappings

However, for an unknown reason, the page is not accessible any more. I have to produce a test and observe the conversion of data as following:

From Flash to Red5 (valid to Red5 0.8 / 0.9)

ActionScript 3	Red5
Boolean	java.lang.Boolean
String	java.lang.String
uint (< 2147483647) int (-2147483648 to below 2147483647) Number (integer value within int range)	java.lang.Integer
uint (>= 2147483647) Number (integer value out of int range)	java.lang.Long
Number (fraction value)	java.lang.Double
Date	java.util.Date
Array	java.util.ArrayList
Object / Custom Object	org.red5.io.utils.ObjectMap
XML, XMLDocument	org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredDocumentImpl (this class seems not to be in Red5’s lib folder)
ByteArray	org.red5.io.amf3.ByteArray
Special Values:
NaN	NaN

Notes:

• Negative integer value is limited at –2147483648 even if the variable is declared as Number. If you try to send a value less than this number, it will be rounded up to –2147483648.
• If one of the params in the remote call is null or undefined, the handler will not be executed.