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| package org.apache.mina.filter.codec; |
| |
| import org.apache.mina.api.IoSession; |
| import org.apache.mina.codec.ProtocolDecoder; |
| import org.apache.mina.codec.ProtocolEncoder; |
| |
| /** |
| * Provides {@link ProtocolEncoder} and {@link ProtocolDecoder} which translates |
| * binary or protocol specific data into message object and vice versa. |
| * <p> |
| * Please refer to |
| * <a href="../../../../../xref-examples/org/apache/mina/examples/reverser/ReverseProtocolProvider.html"><code>ReverserProtocolProvider</code></a> |
| * example. |
| * |
| * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a> |
| */ |
| public interface ProtocolCodecFactory<MESSAGE,ENCODED> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a new (or reusable) instance of {@link ProtocolEncoder} which |
| * encodes message objects into binary or protocol-specific data. |
| */ |
| ProtocolEncoder<MESSAGE,ENCODED> getEncoder(IoSession session); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a new (or reusable) instance of {@link ProtocolDecoder} which |
| * decodes binary or protocol-specific data into message objects. |
| */ |
| ProtocolDecoder<ENCODED,MESSAGE> getDecoder(IoSession session); |
| } |