org.fusesource.hawtbuf.codec
Interface Codec<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBufferCodec, AsciiBufferCodec, BufferCodec, BytesCodec, FixedBufferCodec, IntegerCodec, LongCodec, ObjectCodec, StringCodec, UTF8BufferCodec, VariableCodec, VarIntegerCodec, VarLongCodec, VarSignedIntegerCodec, VarSignedLongCodec

public interface Codec<T>

Method Summary

T	decode(java.io.DataInput dataIn) Read the payload of the object from the DataInput stream.
T	deepCopy(T source)
void	encode(T object, java.io.DataOutput dataOut) Write the payload of the object to the DataOutput stream.
int	estimatedSize(T object)
int	getFixedSize()
boolean	isDeepCopySupported()
boolean	isEstimatedSizeSupported()

Method Detail

encode

void encode(T object,
            java.io.DataOutput dataOut)
            throws java.io.IOException

Write the payload of the object to the DataOutput stream.

Parameters:

object -

dataOut -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

decode

T decode(java.io.DataInput dataIn)
         throws java.io.IOException

Read the payload of the object from the DataInput stream.

Parameters:

dataIn -

Returns:

unmarshalled object

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getFixedSize

int getFixedSize()

Returns:

-1 if the object do not always marshall to a fixed size, otherwise return that fixed size.

isEstimatedSizeSupported

boolean isEstimatedSizeSupported()

Returns:

true if the estimatedSize(Object) operation is supported.

estimatedSize

int estimatedSize(T object)

Parameters:

object -

Returns:

the estimated marshaled size of the object.

isDeepCopySupported

boolean isDeepCopySupported()

Returns:

true if the deepCopy(Object) operations is supported.

deepCopy

T deepCopy(T source)

Returns:

a deep copy of the source object. If the source is immutable the same source should be returned.