Transcoder (cas-server-core-webflow-api 6.4.6 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

EncryptedTranscoder
```
public interface Transcoder
```
Provides a strategy pattern interface for transforming an object into a byte array and vice versa. Transcoder components are used by ClientFlowExecutionRepository for producing the data stored in a ClientFlowExecutionKey.

Since:

6.1

See Also:

ClientFlowExecutionKey, ClientFlowExecutionRepository

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`decode(byte[] encoded)`	Decodes a stream of bytes produced by `encode(Object)` back into the original object.
`byte[]`	`encode(java.lang.Object o)`	Encodes an object into a stream of bytes.

- Method Detail
  - encode
```
byte[] encode(java.lang.Object o)
       throws java.io.IOException
```
    Encodes an object into a stream of bytes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    o - Object to encode.
    
    Returns:
    
    Object encoded as a byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - On encoding errors.
  - decode
```
java.lang.Object decode(byte[] encoded)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Decodes a stream of bytes produced by encode(Object) back into the original object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    encoded - Encoded representation of an object.
    
    Returns:
    
    Object decoded from byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - On decoding errors.