Interface Codec
- All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractKryoCodec
,CompositeCodec
,MessageCodec
,PojoCodec
public interface Codec
Interface for classes that perform both encode (serialize) and decode (deserialize) on multiple classes.
- Since:
- 4.2
- Author:
- David Turanski
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescription<T> T
Decode an object of a given type.<T> T
decode
(InputStream inputStream, Class<T> type) Decode an object of a given type.byte[]
Encode an object to a byte array.void
encode
(Object object, OutputStream outputStream) Encode (encode) an object to an OutputStream.
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Method Details
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encode
Encode (encode) an object to an OutputStream.- Parameters:
object
- the object to encodeoutputStream
- the OutputStream- Throws:
IOException
- if the operation fails
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encode
Encode an object to a byte array.- Parameters:
object
- the object to encode- Returns:
- the bytes
- Throws:
IOException
- if the operation fails
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decode
Decode an object of a given type.- Type Parameters:
T
- the object's type- Parameters:
inputStream
- the input stream containing the encoded objecttype
- the object's class- Returns:
- the object
- Throws:
IOException
- if the operation fails
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decode
Decode an object of a given type.- Type Parameters:
T
- the object's type- Parameters:
bytes
- the byte array containing the encoded objecttype
- the object's class- Returns:
- the object
- Throws:
IOException
- if the operation fails
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