de.esw.eengine.core
Interface ICodec

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCodec, AbstractImageCodec, FontCodec, GifCodec, JpegCodec, PngCodec

public interface ICodec

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Id: ICodec.java 209 2005-07-23 00:39:50Z markusw $

Author:

markusw

Method Summary

IResource	createResource(int id, java.net.URL location)
java.lang.Object	decode(java.net.URL location)
void	dispose() Disposes this codec and all resources.
void	encode(java.lang.Object object, java.net.URL location)
void	setRenderDevice(IRenderDevice renderDevice) This method attaches a IRenderDevice to this codec.
void	setResourceManager(ResourceManager resourceManager) This method attaches a ResourceManager to this codec.

Method Detail

setRenderDevice

void setRenderDevice(IRenderDevice renderDevice)

This method attaches a IRenderDevice to this codec. It should be rarely needed by users.

Parameters:

renderDevice - IRenderDevice attached to this device

setResourceManager

void setResourceManager(ResourceManager resourceManager)

This method attaches a ResourceManager to this codec. It should be rarely needed by users.

Parameters:

resourceManager - ResourceManager attached to this device

createResource

IResource createResource(int id,
                         java.net.URL location)

Parameters:

id - Resource id to attach

location - Location of the IResource to handle

Returns:

IResource instance or null

encode

void encode(java.lang.Object object,
            java.net.URL location)

Parameters:

object - Data object to encode

location - Location to store data at

decode

java.lang.Object decode(java.net.URL location)
                        throws EEngineException

Parameters:

location - IResource to decode

Returns:

Resource data decoded

Throws:

EEngineException - Thrown on I/O errors during decode

dispose

void dispose()

Disposes this codec and all resources.