Package javax.websocket

Interface Decoder.Binary<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Decoder

Enclosing interface:

Decoder

public static interface Decoder.Binary<T>
extends Decoder

This interface defines how a custom object (of type T) is decoded from a web socket message in the form of a byte buffer.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.websocket.Decoder

Decoder.Binary<T>, Decoder.BinaryStream<T>, Decoder.Text<T>, Decoder.TextStream<T>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	decode(ByteBuffer bytes)	Decode the given bytes into an object of type T.
boolean	willDecode(ByteBuffer bytes)	Answer whether the given bytes can be decoded into an object of type T.

Methods inherited from interface javax.websocket.Decoder

destroy, init

Method Details

decode

T decode(ByteBuffer bytes)
  throws DecodeException

Decode the given bytes into an object of type T.

Parameters:

bytes - the bytes to be decoded.

Returns:

the decoded object.

Throws:

DecodeException

willDecode

boolean willDecode(ByteBuffer bytes)

Answer whether the given bytes can be decoded into an object of type T.

Parameters:

bytes - the bytes to be decoded.

Returns:

whether or not the bytes can be decoded by this decoder.