com.sun.squawk
Class GeneralDecoder

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.squawk.GeneralDecoder

Direct Known Subclasses:

ByteBufferDecoder, VMBufferDecoder

public abstract class GeneralDecoder
extends Object

A byte buffer decoder can be used to decode a byte array of values encoded with a byte buffer encoder.

Constructor Summary

GeneralDecoder()

Method Summary

char	readChar() Decodes a UTF8 encoded character from the current position.
int	readUnsignedInt() Decodes an unsigned integer from the current decoding position.
int	readUnsignedShort() Decodes an encoded short from the current position.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GeneralDecoder

public GeneralDecoder()

Method Detail

readUnsignedInt

public final int readUnsignedInt()

Decodes an unsigned integer from the current decoding position.

Returns:

the decoded value

See Also:

ByteBufferEncoder.addUnsignedInt(int)

readUnsignedShort

public final int readUnsignedShort()

Decodes an encoded short from the current position.

Returns:

the decoded value

See Also:

ByteBufferEncoder.addUnsignedShort(int)

readChar

public final char readChar()

Decodes a UTF8 encoded character from the current position.

Returns:

the decoded character