Package marauroa.common.net

Class Encoder

java.lang.Object

marauroa.common.net.Encoder

public class Encoder
extends Object

This class encodes a Message as a stream of bytes. Encoder follows singleton pattern.

Author:

miguel

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	encode(Message msg)	This method uses the Marauroa protocol to encode a Message as a stream of bytes.
static Encoder	get()	Returns an unique instance of encoder

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

get

public static Encoder get()

Returns an unique instance of encoder

Returns:

an unique instance of encoder

encode

public byte[] encode(Message msg)
              throws IOException

This method uses the Marauroa protocol to encode a Message as a stream of bytes.

Parameters:

msg - The message to encode

Returns:

a byte array

Throws:

IOException - if there is any error encoding the message.