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| |
| package org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.spi; |
| |
| |
| import java.io.OutputStream; |
| import java.nio.ByteBuffer; |
| |
| import org.apache.directory.shared.asn1.codec.stateful.StatefulEncoder; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Standard encoder service provider interface. BER encoders of ASN.1 compiler |
| * stubs are expected to implement this interface. |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org"> Apache Directory Project</a> |
| */ |
| public interface ProviderEncoder extends ProviderObject, StatefulEncoder |
| { |
| /** |
| * Encodes a compiler stub specific ASN.1 message envelope containment tree |
| * onto an output stream. |
| * |
| * @param lock |
| * lock object used to exclusively write to the output stream |
| * @param out |
| * the OutputStream to encode the message envelope onto. |
| * @param obj |
| * the top-level message envelope stub instance, i.e. for the |
| * Snacc4J service provider this would be an instance of the |
| * LDAPMessage compiler generated stub class. |
| * @throws ProviderException |
| * to indicate an error while attempting to encode the message |
| * envelope onto the output stream. Provider specific exceptions |
| * encountered while encoding can be held within this subclass |
| * of MultiException. |
| */ |
| void encodeBlocking( Object lock, OutputStream out, Object obj ) throws ProviderException; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Encodes a compiler stub specific ASN.1 message envelope containment tree |
| * into byte array. |
| * |
| * @param obj |
| * the top-level message envelope stub instance, i.e. for the |
| * Snacc4J service provider this would be an instance of the |
| * LDAPMessage compiler generated stub class. |
| * @return the encoded object in a byte buffer |
| * @throws ProviderException |
| * to indicate an error while attempting to encode the message |
| * envelope into a byte buffer. Provider specific exceptions |
| * encountered while encoding can be held within this subclass |
| * of MultiException. |
| */ |
| ByteBuffer encodeBlocking( Object obj ) throws ProviderException; |
| } |