ObjectFormatter (Nitrite RocksDB Adapter 4.2.2 API)

```
public interface ObjectFormatter
```
An interface to define methods for encoding and decoding objects and their keys.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Anindya Chatterjee

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T> T`	`decode(byte[] bytes, Class<T> type)`	Decodes a byte array into an object of the specified type.
`<T> T`	`decodeKey(byte[] bytes, Class<T> type)`	Decodes a byte array into an object's key of the specified type.
`<T> byte[]`	`encode(T object)`	Encodes an object into a byte array.
`<T> byte[]`	`encodeKey(T object)`	Encodes an object's key into a byte array.

- Method Detail
  - encode
```
<T> byte[] encode(T object)
```
    Encodes an object into a byte array.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the type of the object
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object to encode
    
    Returns:
    
    the byte array representing the encoded object
  - encodeKey
```
<T> byte[] encodeKey(T object)
```
    Encodes an object's key into a byte array.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the type of the object
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object whose key to encode
    
    Returns:
    
    the byte array representing the encoded key
  - decode
```
<T> T decode(byte[] bytes,
             Class<T> type)
```
    Decodes a byte array into an object of the specified type.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the type of the object
    
    Parameters:
    
    bytes - the byte array to decode
    
    type - the type of the object to decode
    
    Returns:
    
    the decoded object
  - decodeKey
```
<T> T decodeKey(byte[] bytes,
                Class<T> type)
```
    Decodes a byte array into an object's key of the specified type.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the type of the object's key
    
    Parameters:
    
    bytes - the byte array to decode
    
    type - the type of the object's key to decode
    
    Returns:
    
    the decoded object's key