Package org.graphstream.stream.binary

Interface ByteDecoder

All Superinterfaces:

Source

All Known Implementing Classes:

NetStreamDecoder

public interface ByteDecoder
extends Source

Decode an event that has been encoded into a binary buffer and dispatch this event to its sources. This is a complementary features of the event encoding in ByteEncoder.

Since:

31/01/16.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	decode(ByteBuffer buffer)	Decode the buffer, and dispatch the corresponding event.
boolean	validate(ByteBuffer buffer)	Tells if the buffer contains an event that is ready to be dispatched.

Methods inherited from interface org.graphstream.stream.Source

addAttributeSink, addElementSink, addSink, clearAttributeSinks, clearElementSinks, clearSinks, removeAttributeSink, removeElementSink, removeSink

Method Details

decode

void decode(ByteBuffer buffer)

Decode the buffer, and dispatch the corresponding event.

Parameters:

buffer - event as a binary buffer

validate

boolean validate(ByteBuffer buffer)

Tells if the buffer contains an event that is ready to be dispatched. The bytes considered should be from 0 to the buffer's position. The position of the buffer SHOULD NOT be changed.

Parameters:

buffer -

Returns:

true if the buffer contains an event