public void writeExternal()

in core/src/main/java/flex/messaging/messages/AbstractMessage.java [348:420]
49 lines of code
31 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput output) throws IOException {
        short flags = 0;

        if (clientIdBytes == null && clientId != null && clientId instanceof String)
            clientIdBytes = UUIDUtils.toByteArray((String) clientId);

        if (messageIdBytes == null && messageId != null)
            messageIdBytes = UUIDUtils.toByteArray(messageId);

        if (body != null)
            flags |= BODY_FLAG;

        if (clientId != null && clientIdBytes == null)
            flags |= CLIENT_ID_FLAG;

        if (destination != null)
            flags |= DESTINATION_FLAG;

        if (headers != null)
            flags |= HEADERS_FLAG;

        if (messageId != null && messageIdBytes == null)
            flags |= MESSAGE_ID_FLAG;

        if (timestamp != 0)
            flags |= TIMESTAMP_FLAG;

        if (timeToLive != 0)
            flags |= TIME_TO_LIVE_FLAG;

        if (clientIdBytes != null || messageIdBytes != null)
            flags |= HAS_NEXT_FLAG;

        output.writeByte(flags);

        flags = 0;

        if (clientIdBytes != null)
            flags |= CLIENT_ID_BYTES_FLAG;

        if (messageIdBytes != null)
            flags |= MESSAGE_ID_BYTES_FLAG;

        if (flags != 0)
            output.writeByte(flags);

        if (body != null)
            writeExternalBody(output);

        if (clientId != null && clientIdBytes == null)
            output.writeObject(clientId);

        if (destination != null)
            output.writeObject(destination);

        if (headers != null)
            output.writeObject(headers);

        if (messageId != null && messageIdBytes == null)
            output.writeObject(messageId);

        if (timestamp != 0)
            output.writeObject(new Long(timestamp));

        if (timeToLive != 0)
            output.writeObject(new Long(timeToLive));

        if (clientIdBytes != null)
            output.writeObject(clientIdBytes);

        if (messageIdBytes != null)
            output.writeObject(messageIdBytes);
    }