Methods and apparatus to improve interprocess communication

1. An apparatus to improve network transmission efficiency of a sending peer, comprising:

a metadata engine to identify a reference element of a composite from a sending peer to a receiving peer;

an annotation engine to identify configuration information of the reference element;

a deep copy engine to extract an active portion of the reference element from the composite, the active portion based on the configuration information; and

a client payload engine to transmit the active portion of the reference element in a binary data format associated with transmission metadata.

2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the reference element includes an array.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the configuration information includes at least one of a maximum size or an actual size of the reference element.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , further including a reference header manager to generate a reference header including the transmission metadata, the transmission metadata including a size of the reference element and an offset value of the reference element associated with the binary data format.

5. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , further including a reference size analyzer to determine if the reference element includes an actual size value.

6. The apparatus as defined in claim 5 , wherein the reference size analyzer is to allocate an offset size value equal to the actual size value.

7. The apparatus as defined in claim 5 , wherein the reference size analyzer is to allocate an offset size value equal to a maximum size of the reference element when the actual size value is unavailable.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , further including a reference validity analyzer to determine if the reference element includes an indication of invalidity.

9. The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the indication of invalidity includes a reference to NULL.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the reference validity analyzer is to allocate an offset size of one in response to identifying the indication of invalidity.

11. A method to improve network transmission efficiency of a sending peer, comprising:

identifying, with an instruction by a processor, a reference element of a composite from a sending peer to a receiving peer;

identifying, with an instruction by the processor, configuration information of the reference element via code annotation;

extracting, with an instruction by the processor, an active portion of the reference element from the composite, the active portion based on the configuration information; and

transmitting, with an instruction by the processor, the active portion of the reference element in a binary data format associated with transmission metadata.

12. The method as defined in claim 11 , wherein the reference element includes an array.

13. The method as defined in claim 11 , wherein the configuration information includes at least one of a maximum size or an actual size of the reference element.

14. The method as defined in claim 11 , further including generating a reference header including the transmission metadata, the transmission metadata including a size of the reference element and an offset value of the reference element associated with the binary data format.

15. The method as defined in claim 11 , further including determining if the reference element includes an actual size value.

16. The method as defined in claim 15 , further including allocating an offset size value equal to the actual size value.

17. The method as defined in claim 15 , further including allocating an offset size value equal to a maximum size of the reference element when the actual size value is unavailable.

18. The method as defined in claim 11 , further including determining if the reference element includes an indication of invalidity.

19. The method as defined in claim 18 , wherein the indication of invalidity includes a reference to NULL.

20. The method as defined in claim 18 , further including allocating an offset size of one in response to identifying the indication of invalidity.

21. A tangible computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:

identify a reference element of a composite from a sending peer to a receiving peer;

identify configuration information of the reference element via code annotation;

extract an active portion of the reference element from the composite, the active portion based on the configuration information; and

transmit the active portion of the reference element in a binary data format associated with transmission metadata.

22. The tangible computer-readable medium as defined in claim 21 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to generate a reference header including the transmission metadata, the transmission metadata including a size of the reference element and an offset value of the reference element associated with the binary data format.

23. The tangible computer-readable medium as defined in claim 21 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to determine if the reference element includes an actual size value.

24. The tangible computer-readable medium as defined in claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to allocate an offset size value equal to the actual size value.

25. The tangible computer-readable medium as defined in claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to allocate an offset size value equal to a maximum size of the reference element when the actual size value is unavailable.