tom | 1d416c5 | 2014-09-29 20:55:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | package org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging; |
| 2 | |
tom | 1d416c5 | 2014-09-29 20:55:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | /** |
tom | 8158314 | 2014-09-30 01:40:29 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | * Service for encoding & decoding intra-cluster messages. |
tom | 1d416c5 | 2014-09-29 20:55:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | */ |
| 6 | public interface SerializationService { |
| 7 | |
| 8 | /** |
tom | 8158314 | 2014-09-30 01:40:29 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | * Decodes the specified byte buffer to obtain the message within. |
tom | 1d416c5 | 2014-09-29 20:55:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | * |
| 11 | * @param buffer byte buffer with message(s) |
| 12 | * @return parsed message |
| 13 | */ |
Madan Jampani | 890bc35 | 2014-10-01 22:35:29 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | Object decode(byte[] data); |
tom | 1d416c5 | 2014-09-29 20:55:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | |
| 16 | /** |
| 17 | * Encodes the specified message into the given byte buffer. |
| 18 | * |
| 19 | * @param message message to be encoded |
| 20 | * @param buffer byte buffer to receive the message data |
| 21 | */ |
Madan Jampani | 890bc35 | 2014-10-01 22:35:29 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | byte[] encode(Object message); |
tom | 1d416c5 | 2014-09-29 20:55:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | |
| 24 | } |