Portability

Type Parameters:

T - type handled by this converter

All Known Subinterfaces:

PersistentPortability<T>, WriteBackPortability<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanPortability, ByteArrayPortability, PersistentByteArrayPortability, PersistentSerializablePortability, SerializablePortability, StringPortability
```
public interface Portability<T>
```
An object to ByteBuffer converter.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`decode(java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)`	Decodes a `ByteBuffer` to an object of type `T`.
`java.nio.ByteBuffer`	`encode(T object)`	Encodes an object of type `T` as a `ByteBuffer`.
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object object, java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)`	Returns true if the encoded object once decoded would be `Object.equals(Object)` to the supplied object.

- Method Detail
  - encode
```
java.nio.ByteBuffer encode(T object)
```
    Encodes an object of type T as a ByteBuffer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - object to be encoded
    
    Returns:
    
    the encoded object
  - decode
```
T decode(java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)
```
    Decodes a ByteBuffer to an object of type T.
    
    Parameters:
    
    buffer - bytes to decode
    
    Returns:
    
    the decoded object
  - equals
```
boolean equals(java.lang.Object object,
               java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)
```
    Returns true if the encoded object once decoded would be Object.equals(Object) to the supplied object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - object to compare to
    
    buffer - buffer containing encoded object
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the two parameters are "equal"