001    /**
002     *   GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003     *   Copyright (C) 2006-2013 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004     *
005     *   This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006     *
007     *   Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008     *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009     *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010     *   option) any later version.
011     *
012     *   Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013     *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014     *   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015     *   for more details.
016     *
017     *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018     *   along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019     */
020    package org.granite.client.messaging.codec;
021    
022    import java.io.IOException;
023    import java.io.InputStream;
024    import java.io.OutputStream;
025    
026    /**
027     * @author Franck WOLFF
028     */
029    public interface MessagingCodec<M> {
030    
031            enum ClientType {
032                    JAVA,
033                    AS3;
034    
035                    @Override
036                    public String toString() {
037                            return super.toString().toLowerCase();
038                    }
039            }
040    
041            ClientType getClientType();
042            
043            String getContentType();
044            
045            void encode(M message, OutputStream output) throws IOException;
046            M decode(InputStream input) throws IOException;
047    }