Method Detail

• setOutputStream

  void setOutputStream(OutputStream os)

  Where to write encoded output

  Parameters:

  os -

• setInputStream

  void setInputStream(InputStream is)

  Where to read encoded input from

  Parameters:

  is -

• encode

  void encode(T val)

  Write object to output stream

  Parameters:

  val - what to write

• decode

  T decode()

  Read the next record from the input stream and convert into a java object.

  Returns:

  null if no more records. Should throw exception if EOF is encountered in the middle of a record.

• clone

  SortingCollection.Codec<T> clone()

  Must return a cloned copy of the codec that can be used independently of the original instance. This is required so that multiple codecs can exist simultaneously that each is reading a separate file.