org.apache.avro.message

Interface MessageEncoder<D>

Type Parameters:

D - a datum class

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryMessageEncoder, RawMessageEncoder

public interface MessageEncoder<D>

Serializes an individual datum as a ByteBuffer or to an OutputStream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ByteBuffer	encode(D datum) Serialize a single datum to a ByteBuffer.
void	encode(D datum, OutputStream stream) Serialize a single datum to an OutputStream.

Method Detail

encode

ByteBuffer encode(D datum)
           throws IOException

Serialize a single datum to a ByteBuffer.

Parameters:

datum - a datum

Returns:

a ByteBuffer containing the serialized datum

Throws:

IOException

encode

void encode(D datum,
            OutputStream stream)
     throws IOException

Serialize a single datum to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

datum - a datum

stream - an OutputStream to serialize the datum to

Throws:

IOException