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package io.netty.handler.codec.marshalling;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler.Sharable;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToByteEncoder;

import org.jboss.marshalling.Marshaller;

MessageToByteEncoder implementation which uses JBoss Marshalling to marshal an Object. Be aware that this encoder is not compatible with an other client that just use JBoss Marshalling as it includes the size of every Object that gets serialized in front of the Object itself. Use this with MarshallingDecoder See JBoss Marshalling website for more information
/** * {@link MessageToByteEncoder} implementation which uses JBoss Marshalling to marshal * an Object. Be aware that this encoder is not compatible with an other client that just use * JBoss Marshalling as it includes the size of every {@link Object} that gets serialized in * front of the {@link Object} itself. * * Use this with {@link MarshallingDecoder} * * See <a href="http://www.jboss.org/jbossmarshalling">JBoss Marshalling website</a> * for more information * */
@Sharable public class MarshallingEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<Object> { private static final byte[] LENGTH_PLACEHOLDER = new byte[4]; private final MarshallerProvider provider;
Creates a new encoder.
Params:
/** * Creates a new encoder. * * @param provider the {@link MarshallerProvider} to use */
public MarshallingEncoder(MarshallerProvider provider) { this.provider = provider; } @Override protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, ByteBuf out) throws Exception { Marshaller marshaller = provider.getMarshaller(ctx); int lengthPos = out.writerIndex(); out.writeBytes(LENGTH_PLACEHOLDER); ChannelBufferByteOutput output = new ChannelBufferByteOutput(out); marshaller.start(output); marshaller.writeObject(msg); marshaller.finish(); marshaller.close(); out.setInt(lengthPos, out.writerIndex() - lengthPos - 4); } }