net.openhft.chronicle.bytes

Interface CommonMarshallable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BytesMarshallable, ReadBytesMarshallable, WriteBytesMarshallable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryIntArrayReference, BinaryLongArrayReference

public interface CommonMarshallable

Defines common behavior for marshallable objects, i.e., objects that can be converted to and from a series of bytes. An object of a class implementing this interface can be written as a self-describing message, meaning that it includes metadata about its own structure.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default boolean	usesSelfDescribingMessage() Determines whether the message produced by this object is self-describing.

Method Detail

usesSelfDescribingMessage

default boolean usesSelfDescribingMessage()

Determines whether the message produced by this object is self-describing. A self-describing message includes metadata about its structure, which aids in decoding the message without prior knowledge of its structure.

Returns:

true if the message should be self-describing, false otherwise. By default, this method returns true.