Interface Encoder

All Known Subinterfaces:
PatchEncoder
All Known Implementing Classes:
PackedEncode, PackedEncodeOverlay, XmlEncode

public interface Encoder
An interface for writing structured data to a stream The resulting encoded data is structured similarly to an XML document. The document contains a nested set of \elements, with labels corresponding to the ElementId class. A single element can hold zero or more attributes and zero or more child elements. An attribute holds a primitive data element (boolean, long, String) and is labeled by an AttributeId. The document is written using a sequence of openElement() and closeElement() calls, intermixed with write*() calls to encode the data primitives. All primitives written using a write*() call are associated with current open element, and all write*() calls for one element must come before opening any child element. The traditional XML element text content can be written using the special ATTRIB_CONTENT AttributeId, which must be the last write*() call associated with the specific element.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    Clear any state associated with the encoder The encoder should be ready to write a new document after this call.
    void
    End the current element in the encoding The current element must match the given annotation or an exception is thrown.
    boolean
    The encoder is considered empty if the writeTo() method would output zero bytes
    void
    Begin a new element in the encoding The element will have the given ElementId annotation and becomes the \e current element.
    void
    writeBool(AttributeId attribId, boolean val)
    Write an annotated boolean value into the encoding The boolean data is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
    void
    writeSignedInteger(AttributeId attribId, long val)
    Write an annotated signed integer value into the encoding The integer is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
    void
    Write an address space reference into the encoding The address space is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
    void
    writeString(AttributeId attribId, String val)
    Write an annotated string into the encoding The string is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
    void
    Dump all the accumulated bytes in this encoder to the stream.
    void
    writeUnsignedInteger(AttributeId attribId, long val)
    Write an annotated unsigned integer value into the encoding The integer is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
  • Method Details

    • clear

      void clear()
      Clear any state associated with the encoder The encoder should be ready to write a new document after this call.
    • openElement

      void openElement(ElementId elemId) throws IOException
      Begin a new element in the encoding The element will have the given ElementId annotation and becomes the \e current element.
      Parameters:
      elemId - is the given ElementId annotation
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors in the underlying stream
    • closeElement

      void closeElement(ElementId elemId) throws IOException
      End the current element in the encoding The current element must match the given annotation or an exception is thrown.
      Parameters:
      elemId - is the given (expected) annotation for the current element
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors in the underlying stream
    • writeBool

      void writeBool(AttributeId attribId, boolean val) throws IOException
      Write an annotated boolean value into the encoding The boolean data is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
      Parameters:
      attribId - is the given AttributeId annotation
      val - is boolean value to encode
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors in the underlying stream
    • writeSignedInteger

      void writeSignedInteger(AttributeId attribId, long val) throws IOException
      Write an annotated signed integer value into the encoding The integer is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
      Parameters:
      attribId - is the given AttributeId annotation
      val - is the signed integer value to encode
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors in the underlying stream
    • writeUnsignedInteger

      void writeUnsignedInteger(AttributeId attribId, long val) throws IOException
      Write an annotated unsigned integer value into the encoding The integer is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
      Parameters:
      attribId - is the given AttributeId annotation
      val - is the unsigned integer value to encode
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors in the underlying stream
    • writeString

      void writeString(AttributeId attribId, String val) throws IOException
      Write an annotated string into the encoding The string is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
      Parameters:
      attribId - is the given AttributeId annotation
      val - is the string to encode
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors in the underlying stream
    • writeSpace

      void writeSpace(AttributeId attribId, AddressSpace spc) throws IOException
      Write an address space reference into the encoding The address space is associated with the given AttributeId annotation and the current open element.
      Parameters:
      attribId - is the given AttributeId annotation
      spc - is the address space to encode
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors in the underlying stream
    • writeTo

      void writeTo(OutputStream stream) throws IOException
      Dump all the accumulated bytes in this encoder to the stream.
      Parameters:
      stream - is the output stream
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors during the write operation
    • isEmpty

      boolean isEmpty()
      The encoder is considered empty if the writeTo() method would output zero bytes
      Returns:
      true if there are no bytes in the encoder