Package org.aksw.commons.codec.entity.api

Interface EntityCodecDirect<T>

Type Parameters:

T -

All Known Subinterfaces:

EntityCodec<T>, EntityCodecDirectBase<T>, EntityCodecIndirectBase<T>, StringCodec, StringCodecDirectBase

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityCodecAdapter, EntityCodecImpl, StringCodecPrefixAndSuffix, StringCodecQuote

public interface EntityCodecDirect<T>

The base interface for a view on a codecs which are based on encode(), decode() and canDecode() methods. Concrete implementations typically want to implicitly implement this interface by implementing EntityCodecDirectBase.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canDecode(T entity)
T	decode(T entity)
default T	decodeOrGetAsGiven(T entity)	Convenience method that decodes the argument if possible and otherwise returns it as given
T	encode(T entity)

Method Details

encode

T encode(T entity)

canDecode

boolean canDecode(T entity)

decode

T decode(T entity)

decodeOrGetAsGiven

default T decodeOrGetAsGiven(T entity)

Convenience method that decodes the argument if possible and otherwise returns it as given