step.encoding
Interface EncodeContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

StepEncodedOutput.RecordContext, StepEncodedOutput.SizeContext

public interface EncodeContext

An entity that maintains the outgoing stream of data being encoded.

The main purpose of the context is to implement a mechanism for automatically packing data and meta-data into a MetaRecord.

See Also:

Encoder, DecodeContext

Method Summary

void	metaWrite(MetaEvent e) Write meta-data at the current position in the output context.
void	write(Object o) Write a normal data object to the output context.

Method Detail

write

public void write(Object o)
           throws IOException

Write a normal data object to the output context. The object is usually a byte[], however it may be any object agreed upon by the implementation and some Encoder.

Parameters:

o - the object to write, generally a byte[].

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the context is unable to write objects of the given type.

IOException - if the write operation failed.

metaWrite

public void metaWrite(MetaEvent e)
               throws IOException

Write meta-data at the current position in the output context.

Throws:

IOException - if the write operation failed.