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## org.codehaus.activemq.message
Interface PacketWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractPacketWriter

public interface PacketWriter

Allows instances implementing Packet to written to a DataOutput

Method Summary
`boolean` | `canWrite(Packet packet)`
`int` | `getPacketType()` Return the type of Packet
`void` | `writePacket(Packet packet, DataOutput dataOut)` Write a Packet instance to data output stream
`byte[]` | `writePacketToByteArray(Packet packet)` Serializes a Packet int a byte array

Method Detail

### getPacketType

    public int getPacketType()

  Return the type of Packet

  Returns:
    integer representation of the type of Packet

### canWrite

    public boolean canWrite(Packet packet)

  Parameters:
    `packet` -
  Returns:
    true if this PacketWriter can write this type of Packet

### writePacket

    public void writePacket(Packet packet,
                            DataOutput dataOut)
                     throws IOException

  Write a Packet instance to data output stream

  Parameters:
    `packet` - the instance to be seralized
    `dataOut` - the output stream
  Throws:
    `IOException` - thrown if an error occurs

### writePacketToByteArray

    public byte[] writePacketToByteArray(Packet packet)
                                  throws IOException

  Serializes a Packet int a byte array

  Parameters:
    `packet` -
  Returns:
    the byte[]
  Throws:
    `IOException`

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