Package com.helger.commons.codec

Class IdentityCodec<DATATYPE>

java.lang.Object

com.helger.commons.codec.IdentityCodec<DATATYPE>

Type Parameters:

DATATYPE - Codec data type

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICodec<DATATYPE>, IDecoder<DATATYPE,DATATYPE>, IEncoder<DATATYPE,DATATYPE>

Direct Known Subclasses:

IdentityByteArrayCodec

public class IdentityCodec<DATATYPE>
extends Object
implements ICodec<DATATYPE>

Special implementation of ICodec that does nothing. This is a separate class to be able to identify it from non-identity codecs.

Author:

Philip Helger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
IdentityCodec()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DATATYPE	getDecoded(DATATYPE aInput)	Decode the passed source object
DATATYPE	getEncoded(DATATYPE aInput)	Encode the passed source object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IdentityCodec

public IdentityCodec()

Method Detail

getEncoded

@Nullable
public DATATYPE getEncoded(@Nullable
                           DATATYPE aInput)

Description copied from interface: IEncoder

Encode the passed source object

Specified by:

getEncoded in interface IEncoder<DATATYPE,DATATYPE>

Parameters:

aInput - The source object to be encoded

Returns:

The encoded value.

getDecoded

@Nullable
public DATATYPE getDecoded(@Nullable
                           DATATYPE aInput)

Description copied from interface: IDecoder

Decode the passed source object

Specified by:

getDecoded in interface IDecoder<DATATYPE,DATATYPE>

Parameters:

aInput - The source object to be decoded

Returns:

The decoded value.