Package global.namespace.fun.io.api

Interface ConnectedCodec

All Superinterfaces:

Decoder, Encoder

public interface ConnectedCodec
extends Encoder, Decoder

Encapsulated a codec and a store.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default <T> T	clone(T t)	Returns a deep clone of the given object by encoding it to the underlying store and decoding it again.
Codec	codec()	Returns the underlying codec.
default <T> T	decode(java.lang.reflect.Type expected)	Decodes an object graph of the expected type.
default void	encode(java.lang.Object o)	Encodes the given object graph.
Store	store()	Returns the underlying store.

Method Detail

codec

Codec codec()

Returns the underlying codec.

store

Store store()

Returns the underlying store.

encode

default void encode(java.lang.Object o)
             throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from interface: Encoder

Encodes the given object graph.

Specified by:

encode in interface Encoder

Parameters:

o - the object graph.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

decode

default <T> T decode(java.lang.reflect.Type expected)
              throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from interface: Decoder

Decodes an object graph of the expected type.

Specified by:

decode in interface Decoder

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type of the decoded object.

Parameters:

expected - the expected type of the decoded object graph, e.g. String.class. This is just a hint and the implementation may ignore it.

Returns:

A duplicate of the original object graph. Its actual type may differ from the expected type.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

clone

default <T> T clone(T t)
             throws java.lang.Exception

Returns a deep clone of the given object by encoding it to the underlying store and decoding it again.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception