Source code: jacomma/icm/io/ObjectEncoder.java
1 /*
2 * $Source: /home/data/cvsroot/src/jacomma/icm/io/ObjectEncoder.java,v $
3 * $Revision: 1.10 $
4 * $Date: 2000/10/28 20:09:07 $
5 *
6 * This file is part of the jacomma framework
7 * Copyright (c) 2000 Dimitrios Vyzovitis
8 * mailto:dviz@egnatia.ee.auth.gr
9 *
10 *
11 *
12 *
13 *
14 *
15 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
16 * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
17 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
18 * (at your option) any later version.
19 *
20 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
21 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
22 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
23 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
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29 */
30
31 package jacomma.icm.io;
32
33 import jacomma.util.Environment;
34
35 /**
36 * TBA
37 **/
38 public interface ObjectEncoder {
39
40 public EncObject encode( Object obj );
41 public EncObject encode( Object obj, boolean sign );
42 public EncObject encode( Object obj, Object hint );
43 public EncObject encode( Object obj, Object hint, boolean sign );
44
45 public boolean canHandle( Class c );
46 public boolean canHandleSome( Class c );
47 public boolean canHandle( Object obj );
48
49 public static interface Registry {
50
51 public void load( java.util.Properties prop );
52 public ObjectEncoder getEncoder( Object obj );
53 public ObjectEncoder getEncoder( Class c );
54 public void registerEncoder( java.util.Collection types, Class c );
55 public void registerEncoder( Class c, ObjectEncoder enc );
56 public void unregisterEncoder( Class c, ObjectEncoder enc );
57
58 public void dump();
59
60 public static final Registry instance = (Registry)Environment.newRegistry( ObjectEncoder.class );
61
62 }
63
64 }