JADE_SL.lang
Class ByteArrayCodec

java.lang.Object
  JADE_SL.lang.Codec
      JADE_SL.lang.ByteArrayCodec

public abstract class ByteArrayCodec

extends Codec

Base class for content language codecs that transform AbsContentElements to/from sequences of bytes

Author:

Giovanni Caire - TILAB

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class JADE_SL.lang.Codec

Codec.CodecException

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class JADE_SL.lang.Codec

UNNAMEDPREFIX

Constructor Summary

ByteArrayCodec(java.lang.String name)
Construct a ByteArrayCodec object with the given name

Method Summary

abstract AbsContentElement	decode(byte[] content) Decodes the content to an abstract description.
abstract AbsContentElement	decode(Ontology ontology, byte[] content) Decodes the content to an abstract description.
abstract byte[]	encode(AbsContentElement content) Encodes a content into a byte array.
abstract byte[]	encode(Ontology ontology, AbsContentElement content) Encodes a content into a byte array.

Methods inherited from class JADE_SL.lang.Codec

getInnerOntology, getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayCodec

public ByteArrayCodec(java.lang.String name)

Construct a ByteArrayCodec object with the given name

Method Detail

encode

public abstract byte[] encode(AbsContentElement content)
                       throws Codec.CodecException

Encodes a content into a byte array.

Parameters:

content - the content as an abstract descriptor.

Returns:

the content as a byte array.

Throws:

CodecException

Codec.CodecException

encode

public abstract byte[] encode(Ontology ontology,
                              AbsContentElement content)
                       throws Codec.CodecException

Encodes a content into a byte array.

Parameters:

ontology - the ontology

content - the content as an abstract descriptor.

Returns:

the content as a byte array.

Throws:

CodecException

Codec.CodecException

decode

public abstract AbsContentElement decode(byte[] content)
                                  throws Codec.CodecException

Decodes the content to an abstract description.

Parameters:

content - the content as a byte array.

Returns:

the content as an abstract description.

Throws:

CodecException

Codec.CodecException

decode

public abstract AbsContentElement decode(Ontology ontology,
                                         byte[] content)
                                  throws Codec.CodecException

Decodes the content to an abstract description.

Parameters:

ontology - the ontology.

content - the content as a byte array.

Returns:

the content as an abstract description.

Throws:

CodecException

Codec.CodecException