Package io.netty.handler.codec

Class MessageToMessageCodec<INBOUND_IN,​OUTBOUND_IN>

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler, io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandler, io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundHandler
    public abstract class MessageToMessageCodec<INBOUND_IN,​OUTBOUND_IN>
extends io.netty.channel.ChannelDuplexHandler
    A Codec for on-the-fly encoding/decoding of message. This can be thought of as a combination of MessageToMessageDecoder and MessageToMessageEncoder. Here is an example of a MessageToMessageCodec which just decode from Integer to Long and encode from Long to Integer. 
         public class NumberCodec extends
             MessageToMessageCodec<Integer, Long> {
         @Override
         public Long decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Integer msg, List<Object> out)
                 throws Exception {
             out.add(msg.longValue());
         }

         @Override
         public Integer encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Long msg, List<Object> out)
                 throws Exception {
             out.add(msg.intValue());
         }
     }
    Be aware that you need to call ReferenceCounted.retain() on messages that are just passed through if they are of type ReferenceCounted. This is needed as the MessageToMessageCodec will call ReferenceCounted.release() on encoded / decoded messages.

    • Nested Class Summary

      • Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler

        io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler.Sharable

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Modifier Constructor Description
      protected MessageToMessageCodec()
      Create a new instance which will try to detect the types to decode and encode out of the type parameter of the class.
      protected MessageToMessageCodec​(Class<? extends INBOUND_IN> inboundMessageType, Class<? extends OUTBOUND_IN> outboundMessageType)
      Create a new instance.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      boolean acceptInboundMessage​(Object msg)
      Returns true if and only if the specified message can be decoded by this codec.
      boolean acceptOutboundMessage​(Object msg)
      Returns true if and only if the specified message can be encoded by this codec.
      void channelRead​(io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg)  
      protected abstract void decode​(io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext ctx, INBOUND_IN msg, List<Object> out)  
      protected abstract void encode​(io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext ctx, OUTBOUND_IN msg, List<Object> out)  
      void write​(io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise promise)  

      • Methods inherited from class io.netty.channel.ChannelDuplexHandler

        bind, close, connect, deregister, disconnect, flush, read

      • Methods inherited from class io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter

        channelActive, channelInactive, channelReadComplete, channelRegistered, channelUnregistered, channelWritabilityChanged, exceptionCaught, userEventTriggered

      • Methods inherited from class io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter

        ensureNotSharable, handlerAdded, handlerRemoved, isSharable

      • Methods inherited from interface io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler

        handlerAdded, handlerRemoved

    • Constructor Detail

      • MessageToMessageCodec

        protected MessageToMessageCodec()
        Create a new instance which will try to detect the types to decode and encode out of the type parameter of the class.

      • MessageToMessageCodec

        protected MessageToMessageCodec​(Class<? extends INBOUND_IN> inboundMessageType,
                                Class<? extends OUTBOUND_IN> outboundMessageType)
        Create a new instance.
        Parameters:
        inboundMessageType - The type of messages to decode
        outboundMessageType - The type of messages to encode