question: protected Object [ ] parseArguments ( final byte [ ] theBytes ) { Object [ ] myArguments = new Object [ 0 ] ; int myTagIndex = 0 ; int myIndex = 0 ; myArguments = new Object [ _myTypetag . length ] ; isArray = ( _myTypetag . length > 0 ) ? true : false ; while ( myTagIndex < _myTypetag . length ) { if ( myTagIndex == 0 ) { _myArrayType = _myTypetag [ myTagIndex ] ; } else { if ( _myTypetag [ myTagIndex ] != _myArrayType ) { isArray = false ; } } switch ( _myTypetag [ myTagIndex ] ) { case ( 0x63 ) : myArguments [ myTagIndex ] = ( new Character ( ( char ) ( Bytes . toInt ( Bytes . copy ( theBytes , myIndex , 4 ) ) ) ) ) ; myIndex += 4 ; break ; case ( 0x69 ) : myArguments [ myTagIndex ] = ( new Integer ( Bytes . toInt ( Bytes . copy ( theBytes , myIndex , 4 ) ) ) ) ; myIndex += 4 ; break ; case ( 0x66 ) : myArguments [ myTagIndex ] = ( new Float ( Bytes . toFloat ( Bytes . copy ( theBytes , myIndex , 4 ) ) ) ) ; myIndex += 4 ; break ; case ( 0x6c ) : case ( 0x68 ) : myArguments [ myTagIndex ] = ( new Long ( Bytes . toLong ( Bytes . copy ( theBytes , myIndex , 8 ) ) ) ) ; myIndex += 8 ; break ; case ( 0x64 ) : myArguments [ myTagIndex ] = ( new Double ( Bytes . toDouble ( Bytes . copy ( theBytes , myIndex , 8 ) ) ) ) ; myIndex += 8 ; break ; case ( 0x53 ) : case ( 0x73 ) : int newIndex = myIndex ; StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer ( ) ; stringLoop : do { if ( theBytes [ newIndex ] == 0x00 ) { break stringLoop ; } else { stringBuffer . append ( ( char ) theBytes [ newIndex ] ) ; } newIndex ++ ; } while ( newIndex < theBytes . length ) ; myArguments [ myTagIndex ] = ( stringBuffer . toString ( ) ) ; myIndex = newIndex + align ( newIndex ) ; break ; case 0x62 : int myLen = Bytes . toInt ( Bytes . copy ( theBytes , myIndex , 4 ) ) ; myIndex += 4 ; myArguments [ myTagIndex ] = Bytes . copy ( theBytes , myIndex , myLen ) ; myIndex += myLen + ( align ( myLen ) % 4 ) ; break ; case 0x6d : myArguments [ myTagIndex ] = Bytes . copy ( theBytes , myIndex , 4 ) ; myIndex += 4 ; break ; } myTagIndex ++ ; } _myData = Bytes . copy ( _myData , 0 , myIndex ) ; return myArguments ; }
target:  cast the arguments passed with the incoming osc message and store them in an object array.