jadex.bridge.service.types.message

Interface ICodec

public interface ICodec

Encode and decode an object from a string representation.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CODEC_ID Constant for accessing the codec id.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	decode(Object bytes, ClassLoader classloader) Decode data with the codec.
Object	encode(Object val, ClassLoader classloader) Encode data with the codec.
byte	getCodecId() Get the codec id.

Field Detail

CODEC_ID

static final String CODEC_ID

Constant for accessing the codec id.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getCodecId

byte getCodecId()

Get the codec id.

Returns:

The codec id.

encode

Object encode(Object val,
            ClassLoader classloader)

Encode data with the codec.

Parameters:

val - The value.

Returns:

The encoded object.

decode

Object decode(Object bytes,
            ClassLoader classloader)

Decode data with the codec.

Parameters:

bytes - The value bytes as byte array or input stream.

Returns:

The decoded object or byte array (for intermediate codecs).