org.jredis

Interface Codec<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

KeyCodec<K>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCodec.Keys, DefaultKeyCodec, DefaultStringCodec, GZipCompressedStringCodec

public interface Codec<T>

Defines the necessary methods for a Java type encoder-decoder. Implementations of this interface can be registered with a CodecManager used by a JRedis implementation (whether per instance or by other relations per JRedis provider implementation), and used during the encoding of an semantic java type into byte[] and back.

Since:

alpha.0

Version:

alpha.0, Apr 14, 2009

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	decode(byte[] bytes)
byte[]	encode(T object)
boolean	supports(java.lang.Class<?> type)

Method Detail

decode

T decode(byte[] bytes)

Parameters:

bytes -

Returns:

an instance of type T corresponding to the value of decoded bytes

encode

byte[] encode(T object)

Parameters:

object -

Returns:

supports

boolean supports(java.lang.Class<?> type)

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

whether this codec supports the (en/de)coding of the type T