javax.websocket

Interface Decoder.Text<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object that is decoded

All Superinterfaces:

Decoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

NoOpTextCoder, PrimitiveDecoders, PrimitiveDecoders.BooleanDecoder, PrimitiveDecoders.ByteDecoder, PrimitiveDecoders.CharacterDecoder, PrimitiveDecoders.DoubleDecoder, PrimitiveDecoders.FloatDecoder, PrimitiveDecoders.IntegerDecoder, PrimitiveDecoders.LongDecoder, PrimitiveDecoders.ShortDecoder, ReaderDecoder

Enclosing interface:

Decoder

public static interface Decoder.Text<T>
extends Decoder

This interface defines how a custom object is decoded from a web socket message in the form of a string.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.websocket.Decoder

Decoder.Binary<T>, Decoder.BinaryStream<T>, Decoder.Text<T>, Decoder.TextStream<T>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	decode(String s) Decode the given String into an object of type T.
boolean	willDecode(String s) Answer whether the given String can be decoded into an object of type T.

Methods inherited from interface javax.websocket.Decoder

destroy, init

Method Detail

decode

T decode(String s)
  throws DecodeException

Decode the given String into an object of type T.

Parameters:

s - string to be decoded.

Returns:

the decoded message as an object of type T

Throws:

DecodeException - If the provided string cannot be decoded to type T

willDecode

boolean willDecode(String s)

Answer whether the given String can be decoded into an object of type T.

Parameters:

s - the string being tested for decodability.

Returns:

whether this decoder can decoded the supplied string.