org.nakedobjects.metamodel.commons.encoding
Interface Encodable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AuthenticationSession, DirectlyStringableOid, Oid

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggregatedOid, AuthenticationSessionAbstract, AuthenticationSessionNoRuntime, SerialNumberVersion, VersionUserAbstract, VersionUserAndTimeAbstract

public interface Encodable

This interface indicates that an object can be encoded into into a byte array so it can be streamed.

By implementing this interface you are agreeing to provide a constructor with a single argument of type DataInputExtended, which create an instance from the stream.

Method Summary

void	encode(DataOutputExtended outputStream) Returns the domain object's value as an encoded byte array via the encoder.

Method Detail

encode

void encode(DataOutputExtended outputStream)
            throws java.io.IOException

Returns the domain object's value as an encoded byte array via the encoder.

Throws:

java.io.IOException