DatatypeCodec (Rhino Extensions 3.0 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of object that is encoded and decoded.

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleDatatypeCodecs.BigDecimalCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.BigIntegerCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.BooleanCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.ByteArrayCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.ByteCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.CharacterCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.DoubleCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.FloatCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.IntegerCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.LongCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.ShortCodec, SimpleDatatypeCodecs.StringCodec, SleeDatatypeCodecs.ActivityContextInterfaceCodec, SleeDatatypeCodecs.EventContextCodec, SleeDatatypeCodecs.ProfileLocalObjectCodec, SleeDatatypeCodecs.SbbLocalObjectCodec, SleeDatatypeCodecs.TimerIDCodec
```
public interface DatatypeCodec<T>
```
Interface defining a datatype codec.

Implementations of this interface must be public (and static, if an inner class) and have a public no-argument constructor.

Since:

Rhino 2.4.0

See Also:

DatatypeCodecType

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`decode(DataInput in, ClassLoader cl, DecoderUtils utils)`	Decode a value from the given data input stream.
`void`	`encode(T value, DataOutput out, EncoderUtils utils)`	Encode the specified value to the given data output stream.

- Method Detail
  - encode
```
void encode(T value,
            DataOutput out,
            EncoderUtils utils)
     throws IOException
```
    Encode the specified value to the given data output stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to encode. This will never be null.
    
    out - the data output stream to encode the value to.
    
    utils - additional utility encoding functions that may be useful to the codec.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    Rhino 2.4.0
  - decode
```
T decode(DataInput in,
         ClassLoader cl,
         DecoderUtils utils)
  throws IOException
```
    Decode a value from the given data input stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - the data input stream to decode the value from.
    
    cl - a classloader which can be used to load classes necessary to decode the value.
    
    utils - additional utility decoding functions that may be useful to the codec.
    
    Returns:
    
    the decoded value.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    Rhino 2.4.0