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package io.netty.example.factorial;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder;
import io.netty.handler.codec.CorruptedFrameException;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.List;

Decodes the binary representation of a BigInteger prepended with a magic number ('F' or 0x46) and a 32-bit integer length prefix into a BigInteger instance. For example, { 'F', 0, 0, 0, 1, 42 } will be decoded into new BigInteger("42").
/** * Decodes the binary representation of a {@link BigInteger} prepended * with a magic number ('F' or 0x46) and a 32-bit integer length prefix into a * {@link BigInteger} instance. For example, { 'F', 0, 0, 0, 1, 42 } will be * decoded into new BigInteger("42"). */
public class BigIntegerDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder { @Override protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) { // Wait until the length prefix is available. if (in.readableBytes() < 5) { return; } in.markReaderIndex(); // Check the magic number. int magicNumber = in.readUnsignedByte(); if (magicNumber != 'F') { in.resetReaderIndex(); throw new CorruptedFrameException("Invalid magic number: " + magicNumber); } // Wait until the whole data is available. int dataLength = in.readInt(); if (in.readableBytes() < dataLength) { in.resetReaderIndex(); return; } // Convert the received data into a new BigInteger. byte[] decoded = new byte[dataLength]; in.readBytes(decoded); out.add(new BigInteger(decoded)); } }