The Encoder interface defines how developers can provide a way to convert their custom objects into web socket messages. The Encoder interface contains subinterfaces that allow encoding algorithms to encode custom objects to: text, binary data, character stream and write to an output stream. The websocket implementation creates a new instance of the encoder per endpoint instance per connection. This means that each encoder instance has at most one calling thread at a time. The lifecycle of the Encoder instance is governed by the container calls to the Encoder#init(javax.websocket.EndpointConfig) and Encoder#destroy() methods.

Nested and Inner Type Summary

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
public static interface	Encoder.Binary< The type of the custom object that this Encoder can encoder to a ByteBuffer. T> This interface defines how to provide a way to convert a custom object into a binary message.
public static interface	Encoder.BinaryStream< the type of the object this encoder can encode. T> This interface may be implemented by encoding algorithms that want to write the encoded object to a binary stream.
public static interface	Encoder.Text< The type of the custom developer object that this Encoder can encode into a String. T> This interface defines how to provide a way to convert a custom object into a text message.
public static interface	Encoder.TextStream< the type of the object this encoder can encode to a CharacterStream. T> This interface may be implemented by encoding algorithms that want to write the encoded object to a character stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public void	destroy() This method is called when the encoder is about to be removed from service in order that any resources the encoder used may be closed gracefully.
public void	init(EndpointConfig the endpoint configuration object when being brought into service config) This method is called with the endpoint configuration object of the endpoint this encoder is intended for when it is about to be brought into service.

Method Detail

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public void destroy() This method is called when the encoder is about to be removed from service in order that any resources the encoder used may be closed gracefully.

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public void init(EndpointConfig config) This method is called with the endpoint configuration object of the endpoint this encoder is intended for when it is about to be brought into service. Parameters config:EndpointConfig the endpoint configuration object when being brought into service

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public void init(EndpointConfig config)

This method is called with the endpoint configuration object of the endpoint this encoder is intended for when it is about to be brought into service.

Parameters

config:EndpointConfig: the endpoint configuration object when being brought into service

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public Interface Encoder.Binary<T>

Type Parameters

extends Encoder

<T>: The type of the custom object that this Encoder can encoder to a ByteBuffer.

This interface defines how to provide a way to convert a custom object into a binary message.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public ByteBuffer	Returns: the binary data. encode(T the object being encoded. object) Encode the given object into a byte array.

Inherited from javax.websocket.Encoder:: destroy init

Method Detail

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public ByteBuffer encode(T object) throws EncodeException Encode the given object into a byte array. Parameters object:T the object being encoded. Returns:ByteBuffer the binary data.

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public ByteBuffer encode(T object) throws EncodeException

Encode the given object into a byte array.

Parameters

object:T: the object being encoded.

Returns:ByteBuffer

the binary data.

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public Interface Encoder.BinaryStream<T>

Type Parameters

extends Encoder

<T>: the type of the object this encoder can encode.

This interface may be implemented by encoding algorithms that want to write the encoded object to a binary stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public void	encode(T the object being encoded. object, OutputStream the output stream where the encoded data is written. os) Encode the given object into a binary stream written to the implementation provided OutputStream.

Inherited from javax.websocket.Encoder:: destroy init

Method Detail

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public void encode(T object, OutputStream os) throws EncodeException, IOException Encode the given object into a binary stream written to the implementation provided OutputStream. Parameters object:T the object being encoded. os:OutputStream the output stream where the encoded data is written.

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public void encode(T object, OutputStream os) throws EncodeException, IOException

Encode the given object into a binary stream written to the implementation provided OutputStream.

Parameters

object:T: the object being encoded.
os:OutputStream: the output stream where the encoded data is written.

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public Interface Encoder.Text<T>

Type Parameters

extends Encoder

<T>: The type of the custom developer object that this Encoder can encode into a String.

This interface defines how to provide a way to convert a custom object into a text message.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public String	Returns: the encoded object as a string. encode(T the object being encoded. object) Encode the given object into a String.

Inherited from javax.websocket.Encoder:: destroy init

Method Detail

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public String encode(T object) throws EncodeException Encode the given object into a String. Parameters object:T the object being encoded. Returns:String the encoded object as a string.

encode

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public String encode(T object) throws EncodeException

Encode the given object into a String.

Parameters

object:T: the object being encoded.

Returns:String

the encoded object as a string.

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public Interface Encoder.TextStream<T>

Type Parameters

extends Encoder

<T>: the type of the object this encoder can encode to a CharacterStream.

This interface may be implemented by encoding algorithms that want to write the encoded object to a character stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public void	encode(T the object to be encoded. object, Writer the writer provided by the web socket runtime to write the encoded data. writer) Encode the given object to a character stream writing it to the supplied Writer.

Inherited from javax.websocket.Encoder:: destroy init

Method Detail

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public void encode(T object, Writer writer) throws EncodeException, IOException Encode the given object to a character stream writing it to the supplied Writer. Implementations of this method may use the EncodeException to indicate a failure to convert the supplied object to an encoded form, and may use the IOException to indicate a failure to write the data to the supplied stream. Parameters object:T the object to be encoded. writer:Writer the writer provided by the web socket runtime to write the encoded data. Exceptions EncodeException: if there was an error encoding the object due to its state. IOException: if there was an exception writing to the writer.

encode

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public void encode(T object, Writer writer) throws EncodeException, IOException

Encode the given object to a character stream writing it to the supplied Writer. Implementations of this method may use the EncodeException to indicate a failure to convert the supplied object to an encoded form, and may use the IOException to indicate a failure to write the data to the supplied stream.

Parameters

object:T: the object to be encoded.
writer:Writer: the writer provided by the web socket runtime to write the encoded data.

Exceptions

EncodeException:: if there was an error encoding the object due to its state.
IOException:: if there was an exception writing to the writer.