be.atbash.util.codec

Interface ByteSourceCreator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultByteSourceCreator

public interface ByteSourceCreator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ByteSource	bytes(Object source) Returns a ByteSource instance representing the specified byte source argument.
boolean	isCompatible(Object source) Returns true if the specified object can be easily represented as a ByteSource using the DefaultByteSourceCreator's default heuristics, false otherwise.

Method Detail

isCompatible

boolean isCompatible(Object source)

Returns true if the specified object can be easily represented as a ByteSource using the DefaultByteSourceCreator's default heuristics, false otherwise.

This implementation returns true for byte[], char[], String, ByteSource, File, and InputStream.

Parameters:

source - the object to test to see if it can be easily converted to ByteSource instances using default heuristics.

Returns:

true if the specified object can be easily represented as a ByteSource using the DefaultByteSourceCreator's default heuristics, false otherwise.

bytes

ByteSource bytes(Object source)

Returns a ByteSource instance representing the specified byte source argument. If the argument cannot be easily converted to bytes (as is indicated by the isCompatible(Object) JavaDoc), this method will throw an IllegalArgumentException.

Parameters:

source - the byte-backed instance that should be represented as a ByteSource instance.

Returns:

a ByteSource instance representing the specified byte source argument.

Throws:

CodecException - if the argument cannot be easily converted to bytes (as indicated by the isCompatible(Object) JavaDoc)