me.melchor9000.net

Class Serializable

java.lang.Object

me.melchor9000.net.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DNSA, DNSAAAA, DNSCNAME, DNSMessage, DNSMX, DNSQuery, DNSResourceRecord

public abstract class Serializable
extends java.lang.Object

Objects that can be serialized to and from a ByteBuf, to send and receive objects of this type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Serializable()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract int	byteBufSize()
abstract void	fromByteBuf(io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf buffer) Fills this object with the data from the ByteBuf.
io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf	toByteBuf() Creates a ByteBuf and stores inside it the data of this object.
abstract void	toByteBuf(io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf buffer) Writes the data of this object into the ByteBuf.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Serializable

public Serializable()

Method Detail

byteBufSize

public abstract int byteBufSize()

Returns:

length in bytes of the serialized data

toByteBuf

public abstract void toByteBuf(io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf buffer)

Writes the data of this object into the ByteBuf.

Parameters:

buffer - buffer to store the data

toByteBuf

public io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf toByteBuf()

Creates a ByteBuf and stores inside it the data of this object.

Returns:

a ByteBuf with the object serialized

fromByteBuf

public abstract void fromByteBuf(io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf buffer)
                          throws DataNotRepresentsObject

Fills this object with the data from the ByteBuf. If the buffer contents doesn't match the object specification, should throw IllegalArgumentException.

Parameters:

buffer - buffer with the data

Throws:

DataNotRepresentsObject - If the buffer data doesn't represent the object