rice.p2p.commonapi.rawserialization
Interface MessageDeserializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaSerializedDeserializer, JavaSerializedDeserializer, PastImpl.PastDeserializer

public interface MessageDeserializer

Because Pastry/Transport layer cannot know about all messge types, each app needs to provide a deserializer. Default, there is a Java Serializer

Version:

$Id: pretty.settings 2305 2005-03-11 20:22:33Z jeffh $

Author:

jeffh

Method Summary

Message

deserialize(InputBuffer buf, short type, byte priority, NodeHandle sender) RawMessage ret = super.deserialize(); if (ret != null) return ret; Endpoint endpoint; switch(type) { case 1: return new MyMessage(buf, endpoint); }

Method Detail

deserialize

public Message deserialize(InputBuffer buf,
                           short type,
                           byte priority,
                           NodeHandle sender)
                    throws java.io.IOException

RawMessage ret = super.deserialize(); if (ret != null) return ret; Endpoint endpoint; switch(type) { case 1: return new MyMessage(buf, endpoint); }

Parameters:

buf - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

type - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

priority - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

sender - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

Returns:

DESCRIBE THE RETURN VALUE

Throws:

java.io.IOException - DESCRIBE THE EXCEPTION