Package jade.content.lang

Class ByteArrayCodec

java.lang.Object

jade.content.lang.Codec

jade.content.lang.ByteArrayCodec

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

LEAPCodec

public abstract class ByteArrayCodec
extends Codec

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

Author:

Giovanni Caire - TILAB

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class jade.content.lang.Codec

Codec.CodecException

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class jade.content.lang.Codec

UNNAMEDPREFIX

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ByteArrayCodec(String name)	Construct a ByteArrayCodec object with the given name

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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.content.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(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:

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:

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:

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:

Codec.CodecException