encobjectdecoder.java

Java Communicating Agents是一个用于开发网络反应式信息agent的框架

/*
 * $Source: /home/data/cvsroot/src/jacomma/icm/io/EncObjectDecoder.java,v $
 * $Revision: 1.7 $
 * $Date: 2000/10/28 20:09:07 $
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 * This file is part of the jacomma framework
 * Copyright (c) 2000 	Dimitrios Vyzovitis
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package jacomma.icm.io;

import jacomma.util.Environment;

/**
 * TBA
 **/
public interface EncObjectDecoder {

	public Object decode( EncObject obj );
	public Object decode( EncObject obj, Object hint );

	public boolean canHandle( EncObject obj );
	public boolean canHandle( EncObject obj, Object hint );
	public boolean canHandle( EncObjectType t );
	public boolean canHandleSome( EncObjectType t );
	
	public static interface Registry {
		
		public void load( java.util.Properties prop );
		public EncObjectDecoder getDecoder( EncObject obj );
		public EncObjectDecoder getDecoder( EncObject obj, Object hint );
		public EncObjectDecoder getDecoder( EncObjectType t );
		public void registerDecoder( java.util.Collection types, Class c );
		public void registerDecoder( EncObjectType t, EncObjectDecoder enc );
		public void unregisterDecoder( EncObjectType t, EncObjectDecoder enc );
		
		public void dump();
		
		public static final Registry instance = (Registry)Environment.newRegistry( EncObjectDecoder.class );
		
	}

}