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20 package org.apache.mina.filter.codec;
21
22 import org.apache.mina.core.buffer.IoBuffer;
23 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;
24
25 /**
26 * Decodes binary or protocol-specific data into higher-level message objects.
27 * MINA invokes {@link #decode(IoSession, IoBuffer, ProtocolDecoderOutput)}
28 * method with read data, and then the decoder implementation puts decoded
29 * messages into {@link ProtocolDecoderOutput} by calling
30 * {@link ProtocolDecoderOutput#write(Object)}.
31 * <p>
32 * Please refer to
33 * <a href="../../../../../xref-examples/org/apache/mina/examples/reverser/TextLineDecoder.html"><code>TextLineDecoder</code></a>
34 * example.
35 *
36 * @author The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)
37 *
38 * @see ProtocolDecoderException
39 */
40 public interface ProtocolDecoder {
41 /**
42 * Decodes binary or protocol-specific content into higher-level message objects.
43 * MINA invokes {@link #decode(IoSession, IoBuffer, ProtocolDecoderOutput)}
44 * method with read data, and then the decoder implementation puts decoded
45 * messages into {@link ProtocolDecoderOutput}.
46 *
47 * @throws Exception if the read data violated protocol specification
48 */
49 void decode(IoSession session, IoBuffer in, ProtocolDecoderOutput out)
50 throws Exception;
51
52 /**
53 * Invoked when the specified <tt>session</tt> is closed. This method is useful
54 * when you deal with the protocol which doesn't specify the length of a message
55 * such as HTTP response without <tt>content-length</tt> header. Implement this
56 * method to process the remaining data that {@link #decode(IoSession, IoBuffer, ProtocolDecoderOutput)}
57 * method didn't process completely.
58 *
59 * @throws Exception if the read data violated protocol specification
60 */
61 void finishDecode(IoSession session, ProtocolDecoderOutput out)
62 throws Exception;
63
64 /**
65 * Releases all resources related with this decoder.
66 *
67 * @throws Exception if failed to dispose all resources
68 */
69 void dispose(IoSession session) throws Exception;
70 }