MessageEncoder

public interface MessageEncoder

Encodes messages of specific types specified by getMessageTypes().

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Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

void

encode(IoSession session, Object message, ProtocolEncoderOutput out)

Encodes higher-level message objects into binary or protocol-specific data.

Set<Class<?>>

getMessageTypes()

Returns the set of message classes this encoder can encode.

Method Details
- getMessageTypes
  
  Set<Class<?>> getMessageTypes()
  
  Returns the set of message classes this encoder can encode.
- encode
  
  void encode(IoSession session, Object message, ProtocolEncoderOutput out) throws Exception
  
  Encodes higher-level message objects into binary or protocol-specific data. MINA invokes encode(IoSession, Object, ProtocolEncoderOutput) method with message which is popped from the session write queue, and then the encoder implementation puts encoded ByteBuffers into ProtocolEncoderOutput.
  
  Throws:
  
  Exception - if the message violated protocol specification