Interface Codec<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractBufferCodec, AsciiBufferCodec, BufferCodec, BytesCodec, FixedBufferCodec, IntegerCodec, LongCodec, ObjectCodec, PBMessageFramedCodec, PBMessageUnframedCodec, StringCodec, UTF8BufferCodec, VariableCodec, VarIntegerCodec, VarLongCodec, VarSignedIntegerCodec, VarSignedLongCodec
public interface Codec<T>

  • Method Details

    • encode

      void encode(T object, DataOutput dataOut) throws IOException
      Write the payload of the object to the DataOutput stream.
      Parameters:
      object -
      dataOut -
      Throws:
      IOException

    • decode

      T decode(DataInput dataIn) throws IOException
      Read the payload of the object from the DataInput stream.
      Parameters:
      dataIn -
      Returns:
      unmarshalled object
      Throws:
      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.