binary_to_term( <<131,104,2,107,0,4,97,116,111,109,107,0,7,109,101,115,115,97,103,101>> ).
{"atom","message"}
It seems that the message is missing the 131 tag required by term_to_binary. As is evident from the Java output, this tag is not being added by jinterface encode. If I simply add 131 to the beginning of the binary it decodes correctly.
Now why is Java not adding it?
I will still accept answers as I have not officially answered my question ( in a supported way ie. not hacking with 131 )
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