com.buck.common.codec
Class CodecEncoder

java.lang.Object
  com.buck.common.codec.CodecEncoder

public abstract class CodecEncoder
extends Object

An engine that can transform raw data, represented as a sequence of bytes, to a specific encoding, into a sequence of bytes.

Author:

Robert J. Buck

Constructor Summary

protected

CodecEncoder(Codec codec) Initializes a new encoder.

Method Summary

Codec	codec() Returns the codec that created this encoder.
abstract byte[]	encode(byte[] bytes) Encodes raw data using the codec.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CodecEncoder

protected CodecEncoder(Codec codec)

Initializes a new encoder.

Parameters:

codec - The codec for this encoder.

Method Detail

codec

public final Codec codec()

Returns the codec that created this encoder.

Returns:

This encoder's codec

encode

public abstract byte[] encode(byte[] bytes)

Encodes raw data using the codec.

Parameters:

bytes - the raw data

Returns:

the encoded byte array