Enum Serialization

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Comparable<Serialization>

    public enum Serialization
    extends Enum<Serialization>
    A list of signature/charset pairs. This list defines a sequence of signatures that we attempt to match (in order) against a byte array header, and the associated charset we use if a match is found. Most instances of this class correspond to the entries in Table 2 of this reference document.
    Since:
    0.6.0
    Version:
    $Id: Serialization.java 16154 2012-07-14 16:34:05Z colin $
    Author:
    tlerios@marketcetera.com
    • Constructor Detail

      • Serialization

        private Serialization​(SignatureCharset signatureCharset)
        Creates a new serialization with only the given signature/charset pair.
        Parameters:
        signatureCharset - The pair.
      • Serialization

        private Serialization​(SignatureCharset[] signatureCharsets)
        Creates a new serialization with the given signature/charset pairs.
        Parameters:
        signatureCharsets - The pairs.
    • Method Detail

      • values

        public static Serialization[] values()
        Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
        for (Serialization c : Serialization.values())
            System.out.println(c);
        
        Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
      • valueOf

        public static Serialization valueOf​(String name)
        Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
        Returns:
        the enum constant with the specified name
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
        NullPointerException - if the argument is null
      • getPrefixMatch

        public static SignatureCharset getPrefixMatch​(Serialization[] candidates,
                                                      byte[] data)
        Checks whether any of the signatures among the pairs of the given serializations matches the header of the given byte array, and returns the matching signature/charset pair.
        Parameters:
        candidates - The serializations.
        data - The byte array.
        Returns:
        The matching signature/charset pair, or null if no candidate contains a matching pair. If more than one signature/charset pair is a match, the one with the longest signature is returned; and if there is more than one with the same length, the first such match is returned.
      • decode

        public static String decode​(Serialization[] candidates,
                                    byte[] data)
                             throws I18NException
        Decodes the given byte array using the charset paired to a signature (among the pairs of the given serializations) that matches the array header, and returns the result.
        Parameters:
        candidates - The serializations.
        data - The byte array, which may be null.
        Returns:
        The decoded string; it is null if the given byte array is null.
        Throws:
        I18NException - Thrown if no match can be found, or if the JVM does not support the charset of the matching signature/charset pair.
      • getSignatureCharsets

        public SignatureCharset[] getSignatureCharsets()
        Returns the receiver's signature/charset pairs.
        Returns:
        The pairs.