00001 /* 00002 * Codec.hpp 00003 * 00004 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 00005 * 00006 * Oracle is a registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its 00007 * affiliates. 00008 * 00009 * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Oracle 00010 * Corporation. You shall not disclose such confidential and proprietary 00011 * information and shall use it only in accordance with the terms of the 00012 * license agreement you entered into with Oracle. 00013 * 00014 * This notice may not be removed or altered. 00015 */ 00016 #ifndef COH_POF_REFLECT_CODEC_HPP 00017 #define COH_POF_REFLECT_CODEC_HPP 00018 00019 #include "coherence/lang.ns" 00020 00021 #include "coherence/io/pof/PofReader.hpp" 00022 #include "coherence/io/pof/PofWriter.hpp" 00023 00024 using coherence::io::pof::PofReader; 00025 using coherence::io::pof::PofWriter; 00026 00027 COH_OPEN_NAMESPACE4(coherence,io,pof,reflect) 00028 00029 /** 00030 * A Codec provides an interception point for any specific code that needs to 00031 * be executed pre or post (de)serialization. In the case of deserialization 00032 * this could be to return a concrete implementation and with serialization 00033 * this could be to explicitly call a specific method on PofWriter 00034 * that is not carried out by PofWriter::writeObject. 00035 * 00036 * @author hr 2011.06.29 00037 * 00038 * @since 3.7.1 00039 */ 00040 class COH_EXPORT Codec 00041 : public interface_spec<Codec> 00042 { 00043 public: 00044 /** 00045 * Deserialize an object from the provided PofReader. Implementing 00046 * this interface allows introducing specific return implementations. 00047 * 00048 * @param hIn the PofReader to read from 00049 * @param nIndex the index of the POF property to deserialize 00050 * 00051 * @return a specific implementation of the POF property 00052 * 00053 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs 00054 */ 00055 virtual Object::Holder decode(PofReader::Handle hIn, int32_t nIndex) const = 0; 00056 00057 /** 00058 * Serialize an object using the provided PofWriter. 00059 * 00060 * @param hOut the PofWriter to read from 00061 * @param nIndex the index of the POF property to serialize 00062 * @param v the value to serialize 00063 * 00064 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs 00065 */ 00066 virtual void encode(PofWriter::Handle hOut, int32_t nIndex, Object::View v) const = 0; 00067 }; 00068 00069 COH_CLOSE_NAMESPACE4 00070 00071 #endif /* COH_POF_REFLECT_CODEC_HPP */