be.atbash.util.codec

Class DefaultByteSourceCreator

java.lang.Object

be.atbash.util.codec.DefaultByteSourceCreator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ByteSourceCreator

public class DefaultByteSourceCreator
extends Object
implements ByteSourceCreator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultByteSourceCreator()

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 is a recognized data type that can be easily converted to bytes by instances of this class, false otherwise.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultByteSourceCreator

public DefaultByteSourceCreator()

Method Detail

isCompatible

public boolean isCompatible(Object source)

Returns true if the specified object is a recognized data type that can be easily converted to bytes by instances of this class, false otherwise.

This implementation returns true IF the specified object is an instance of one of the following types:

• byte[]
• char[]
• ByteSource
• String
• File
InputStream

Specified by:

isCompatible in interface ByteSourceCreator

Parameters:

source - the object to test to see if it can be easily converted to bytes by instances of this class.

Returns:

true if the specified object can be easily converted to bytes by instances of this class, false otherwise.

bytes

public ByteSource bytes(Object source)

Description copied from interface: ByteSourceCreator

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

Specified by:

bytes in interface ByteSourceCreator

Parameters:

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

Returns:

a ByteSource instance representing the specified byte source argument.