diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6fa61613..928f37d8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ SRCS = ${SRCDIR}/json.hpp \
 			 ${SRCDIR}/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp \
 			 ${SRCDIR}/detail/iterators/json_reverse_iterator.hpp \
 			 ${SRCDIR}/detail/parsing/output_adapters.hpp \
-			 ${SRCDIR}/detail/parsing/binary_reader.hpp
+			 ${SRCDIR}/detail/parsing/binary_reader.hpp \
+			 ${SRCDIR}/detail/parsing/binary_writer.hpp
 
 # main target
 all:
diff --git a/src/detail/parsing/binary_writer.hpp b/src/detail/parsing/binary_writer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25badd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detail/parsing/binary_writer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,558 @@
+#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_DETAIL_PARSING_BINARY_WRITER_HPP
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_DETAIL_PARSING_BINARY_WRITER_HPP
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <array>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <limits>
+
+#include "detail/parsing/binary_reader.hpp"
+#include "detail/parsing/output_adapters.hpp"
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// binary writer //
+///////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief serialization to CBOR and MessagePack values
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CharType>
+class binary_writer
+{
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create a binary writer
+
+    @param[in] adapter  output adapter to write to
+    */
+    explicit binary_writer(output_adapter_t<CharType> adapter) : oa(adapter)
+    {
+        assert(oa);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    */
+    void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xF6));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                    ? static_cast<CharType>(0xF5)
+                                    : static_cast<CharType>(0xF4));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                {
+                    // CBOR does not differentiate between positive signed
+                    // integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used the
+                    // code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer <= 0x17)
+                    {
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x18));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x19));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1A));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1B));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // The conversions below encode the sign in the first
+                    // byte, and the value is converted to a positive number.
+                    const auto positive_number = -1 - j.m_value.number_integer;
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -24)
+                    {
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x20 + positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x38));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x39));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x3A));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x3B));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x18));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x19));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float: // Double-Precision Float
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xFB));
+                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
+                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x60 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x78));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x79));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x7A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x7B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write the string
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x98));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x99));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x9A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x9B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_cbor(el);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xB8));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xB9));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xBA));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xBB));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_cbor(el.first);
+                    write_cbor(el.second);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    */
+    void write_msgpack(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null: // nil
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xC0));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean: // true and false
+            {
+                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                    ? static_cast<CharType>(0xC3)
+                                    : static_cast<CharType>(0xC2));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                {
+                    // MessagePack does not differentiate between positive
+                    // signed integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used
+                    // the code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
+                    if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
+                    {
+                        // positive fixnum
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 8
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCC));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 16
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCD));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 32
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCE));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 64
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCF));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -32)
+                    {
+                        // negative fixnum
+                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 8
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD0));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 16
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD1));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 32
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD2));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 64
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD3));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
+                {
+                    // positive fixnum
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 8
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCC));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 16
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCD));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 32
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCE));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 64
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCF));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float: // float 64
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCB));
+                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
+                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
+                if (N <= 31)
+                {
+                    // fixstr
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 | N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 255)
+                {
+                    // str 8
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD9));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 65535)
+                {
+                    // str 16
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDA));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 4294967295)
+                {
+                    // str 32
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDB));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write the string
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
+                if (N <= 15)
+                {
+                    // fixarray
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x90 | N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFF)
+                {
+                    // array 16
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDC));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFF)
+                {
+                    // array 32
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDD));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_msgpack(el);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
+                if (N <= 15)
+                {
+                    // fixmap
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 | (N & 0xF)));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 65535)
+                {
+                    // map 16
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDE));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= 4294967295)
+                {
+                    // map 32
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDF));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_msgpack(el.first);
+                    write_msgpack(el.second);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*
+    @brief write a number to output input
+
+    @param[in] n number of type @a NumberType
+    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+
+    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because bytes
+          in CBOR and MessagePack are stored in network order (big endian) and
+          therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType> void write_number(NumberType n)
+    {
+        // step 1: write number to array of length NumberType
+        std::array<CharType, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
+        std::memcpy(vec.data(), &n, sizeof(NumberType));
+
+        // step 2: write array to output (with possible reordering)
+        if (is_little_endian)
+        {
+            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
+            std::reverse(vec.begin(), vec.end());
+        }
+
+        oa->write_characters(vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// whether we can assume little endianess
+    const bool is_little_endian = binary_reader<BasicJsonType>::little_endianess();
+
+    /// the output
+    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
+};
+}
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index 171377b7..ff1af030 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include "detail/iterators/json_reverse_iterator.hpp"
 #include "detail/parsing/output_adapters.hpp"
 #include "detail/parsing/binary_reader.hpp"
+#include "detail/parsing/binary_writer.hpp"
 
 /*!
 @brief namespace for Niels Lohmann
@@ -77,545 +78,6 @@ namespace nlohmann
 {
 namespace detail
 {
-///////////////////
-// binary writer //
-///////////////////
-
-/*!
-@brief serialization to CBOR and MessagePack values
-*/
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CharType>
-class binary_writer
-{
-  public:
-    /*!
-    @brief create a binary writer
-
-    @param[in] adapter  output adapter to write to
-    */
-    explicit binary_writer(output_adapter_t<CharType> adapter) : oa(adapter)
-    {
-        assert(oa);
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief[in] j  JSON value to serialize
-    */
-    void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
-    {
-        switch (j.type())
-        {
-            case value_t::null:
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xF6));
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::boolean:
-            {
-                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
-                                    ? static_cast<CharType>(0xF5)
-                                    : static_cast<CharType>(0xF4));
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_integer:
-            {
-                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
-                {
-                    // CBOR does not differentiate between positive signed
-                    // integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used the
-                    // code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
-                    if (j.m_value.number_integer <= 0x17)
-                    {
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x18));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x19));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1A));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1B));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // The conversions below encode the sign in the first
-                    // byte, and the value is converted to a positive number.
-                    const auto positive_number = -1 - j.m_value.number_integer;
-                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -24)
-                    {
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x20 + positive_number));
-                    }
-                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x38));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(positive_number));
-                    }
-                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x39));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(positive_number));
-                    }
-                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x3A));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(positive_number));
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x3B));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(positive_number));
-                    }
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
-            {
-                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= 0x17)
-                {
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x18));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x19));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1A));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1B));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_float: // Double-Precision Float
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xFB));
-                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::string:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
-                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
-                if (N <= 0x17)
-                {
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x60 + N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x78));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x79));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x7A));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x7B));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-
-                // step 2: write the string
-                oa->write_characters(
-                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
-                    j.m_value.string->size());
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
-                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
-                if (N <= 0x17)
-                {
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 + N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x98));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x99));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x9A));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x9B));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-
-                // step 2: write each element
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
-                {
-                    write_cbor(el);
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
-                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
-                if (N <= 0x17)
-                {
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 + N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xB8));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xB9));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xBA));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xBB));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-
-                // step 2: write each element
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
-                {
-                    write_cbor(el.first);
-                    write_cbor(el.second);
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            default:
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief[in] j  JSON value to serialize
-    */
-    void write_msgpack(const BasicJsonType& j)
-    {
-        switch (j.type())
-        {
-            case value_t::null: // nil
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xC0));
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::boolean: // true and false
-            {
-                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
-                                    ? static_cast<CharType>(0xC3)
-                                    : static_cast<CharType>(0xC2));
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_integer:
-            {
-                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
-                {
-                    // MessagePack does not differentiate between positive
-                    // signed integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used
-                    // the code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
-                    if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
-                    {
-                        // positive fixnum
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        // uint 8
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCC));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        // uint 16
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCD));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        // uint 32
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCE));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        // uint 64
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCF));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -32)
-                    {
-                        // negative fixnum
-                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() and
-                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        // int 8
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD0));
-                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() and
-                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        // int 16
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD1));
-                        write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() and
-                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        // int 32
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD2));
-                        write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)() and
-                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        // int 64
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD3));
-                        write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
-            {
-                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
-                {
-                    // positive fixnum
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // uint 8
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCC));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // uint 16
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCD));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // uint 32
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCE));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // uint 64
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCF));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_float: // float 64
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCB));
-                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::string:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
-                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
-                if (N <= 31)
-                {
-                    // fixstr
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 | N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 255)
-                {
-                    // str 8
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD9));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 65535)
-                {
-                    // str 16
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDA));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 4294967295)
-                {
-                    // str 32
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDB));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-
-                // step 2: write the string
-                oa->write_characters(
-                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
-                    j.m_value.string->size());
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
-                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
-                if (N <= 15)
-                {
-                    // fixarray
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x90 | N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFF)
-                {
-                    // array 16
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDC));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 0xFFFFFFFF)
-                {
-                    // array 32
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDD));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-
-                // step 2: write each element
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
-                {
-                    write_msgpack(el);
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
-                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
-                if (N <= 15)
-                {
-                    // fixmap
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 | (N & 0xF)));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 65535)
-                {
-                    // map 16
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDE));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= 4294967295)
-                {
-                    // map 32
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDF));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-
-                // step 2: write each element
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
-                {
-                    write_msgpack(el.first);
-                    write_msgpack(el.second);
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            default:
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-
-  private:
-    /*
-    @brief write a number to output input
-
-    @param[in] n number of type @a NumberType
-    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
-
-    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because bytes
-          in CBOR and MessagePack are stored in network order (big endian) and
-          therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType> void write_number(NumberType n)
-    {
-        // step 1: write number to array of length NumberType
-        std::array<CharType, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
-        std::memcpy(vec.data(), &n, sizeof(NumberType));
-
-        // step 2: write array to output (with possible reordering)
-        if (is_little_endian)
-        {
-            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
-            std::reverse(vec.begin(), vec.end());
-        }
-
-        oa->write_characters(vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
-    }
-
-  private:
-    /// whether we can assume little endianess
-    const bool is_little_endian = binary_reader<BasicJsonType>::little_endianess();
-
-    /// the output
-    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
-};
-
 ///////////////////
 // serialization //
 ///////////////////