| /* |
| * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api; |
| |
| import java.nio.ByteBuffer; |
| |
| /** |
| * Abstraction of a codec capable for encoding/decoding arbitrary objects to/from ByteBuffer. |
| */ |
| public abstract class ByteBufferCodec<T> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Encodes the specified entity into ByteBuffer. |
| * |
| * @param entity entity to encode |
| * @return ByteBuffer |
| * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the codec does not |
| * support encode operations |
| */ |
| public ByteBuffer encode(T entity) { |
| throw new UnsupportedOperationException("encode() not supported"); |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Decodes the specified entity from ByteBuffer. |
| * |
| * @param buffer ByteBuffer to decode |
| * @return decoded entity |
| */ |
| public T decode(ByteBuffer buffer) { |
| throw new UnsupportedOperationException("decode() not supported"); |
| } |
| } |