ItemEncoder (org.pipecraft.pipes:pipes-core 0.9 API)

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractOutputStreamItemEncoder, AvroEncoder, CSVEncoder
```
public interface ItemEncoder<T>
extends Closeable
```
A functional interface for stateful encoders, encoding object into some binary destination. Each encoder should have a corresponding EncoderFactory, which is the type that pipes work with. Implementations typically receive a non-buffered output stream in their constructor, and do the necessary pre-processing (such as adding a buffered wrapper) there.

Author:

Eyal Schneider

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void encode(T item)
  - Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
    close

- Method Detail
  - encode
```
void encode(T item)
     throws IOException
```
    Parameters:
    
    item - The item to encode into the output stream provided at construction type
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - In case of write error