Protocol (messagebus 7.470.24 API)

```
public interface Protocol
```
Interface implemented by the concrete application message protocol.

Author:

bratseth, Simon Thoresen Hult

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`com.yahoo.messagebus.routing.RoutingPolicy`	`createPolicy(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String param)`	Create a policy of the named type with the named param passed to the constructor of that policy.
`Routable`	`decode(com.yahoo.component.Version version, byte[] payload)`	Decodes the protocol specific data into a routable of the correct type.
`byte[]`	`encode(com.yahoo.component.Version version, Routable routable)`	Encodes the protocol specific data of a routable into a byte array.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Returns a global unique name for this protocol.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns a global unique name for this protocol.
  - encode
```
byte[] encode(com.yahoo.component.Version version,
              Routable routable)
```
    Encodes the protocol specific data of a routable into a byte array.
    
    Parameters:
    
    version - the version to encode for
    
    routable - the routable to encode
    
    Returns:
    
    the encoded data
  - decode
```
Routable decode(com.yahoo.component.Version version,
                byte[] payload)
```
    Decodes the protocol specific data into a routable of the correct type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    version - the version of the serialized routable
    
    payload - the payload to decode from
    
    Returns:
    
    the decoded routable, or null if it could not be decoded
  - createPolicy
```
com.yahoo.messagebus.routing.RoutingPolicy createPolicy(java.lang.String name,
                                                        java.lang.String param)
```
    Create a policy of the named type with the named param passed to the constructor of that policy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the policy to create
    
    param - the parameter to that policy's constructor
    
    Returns:
    
    the created policy