ProtocolCodecFactory (org.apache.directory.api_api-all_sources-and-javadoc 2.1.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DemuxingProtocolCodecFactory, LdapProtocolCodecFactory, ObjectSerializationCodecFactory, PrefixedStringCodecFactory, TextLineCodecFactory
```
public interface ProtocolCodecFactory
```
Provides ProtocolEncoder and ProtocolDecoder which translates binary or protocol specific data into message object and vice versa.
Please refer to ReverserProtocolProvider example.

Author:

Apache MINA Project

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ProtocolDecoder`	`getDecoder(IoSession session)`	Returns a new (or reusable) instance of `ProtocolDecoder` which decodes binary or protocol-specific data into message objects.
`ProtocolEncoder`	`getEncoder(IoSession session)`	Returns a new (or reusable) instance of `ProtocolEncoder` which encodes message objects into binary or protocol-specific data.

- Method Detail
  - getEncoder
```
ProtocolEncoder getEncoder(IoSession session)
                    throws Exception
```
    Returns a new (or reusable) instance of ProtocolEncoder which encodes message objects into binary or protocol-specific data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    session - The current session
    
    Returns:
    
    The encoder instance
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - If an error occurred while retrieving the encoder
  - getDecoder
```
ProtocolDecoder getDecoder(IoSession session)
                    throws Exception
```
    Returns a new (or reusable) instance of ProtocolDecoder which decodes binary or protocol-specific data into message objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    session - The current session
    
    Returns:
    
    The decoder instance
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - If an error occurred while retrieving the decoder