ewe.util
Interface ByteDecodable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Decimal

public interface ByteDecodable

A ByteDecodable object is one that can decode its data from a sequence of encoded bytes.

Method Summary

int	decodeBytes(byte[] source, int startOffsetInSource, int bytesLeftInSource) This requests the Object to decode itself from a stream of bytes.

Method Detail

decodeBytes

public int decodeBytes(byte[] source,
                       int startOffsetInSource,
                       int bytesLeftInSource)
                throws StreamCorruptedException,
                       ClassNotFoundException

This requests the Object to decode itself from a stream of bytes.

Parameters:

source - The source of the encoded bytes.

startOffsetInSource - Where the object should start decoding from.

bytesLeftInSource - The number of bytes left starting from startOffsetInSource.

Returns:

the number of bytes decoded.

Throws:

StreamCorruptedException - if the data stored in the bytes is corrupted.

ClassNotFoundException - if the class of a stored object could not be found.