jakarta.websocket

Interface Decoder.Binary<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object that is decoded

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 jakarta.websocket.Decoder

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and 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 jakarta.websocket.Decoder

destroy, init

Method Detail

decode

T decode(ByteBuffer bytes)
  throws DecodeException

Decode the given bytes into an object of type T.

It is not safe for other threads to use the ByteBuffer until the decoding of the given bytes is complete. If the decoding completes successfully, the buffer's limit will be unchanged and the buffer's position will be equal to the limit. If the decoding does not complete successfully, the state of the buffer is undefined.

Parameters:

bytes - the bytes to be decoded.

Returns:

the decoded object.

Throws:

DecodeException - If the provided bytes cannot be decoded to type T

willDecode

boolean willDecode(ByteBuffer bytes)

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

It is not safe for other threads to use the ByteBuffer until this method completes. When the method completes, the buffer will be in the same state as it was at the start of the method call.

Parameters:

bytes - the bytes to be decoded.

Returns:

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