edu.iu.harp.resource

Class Transferable

java.lang.Object

edu.iu.harp.resource.Transferable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Partition, Simple

public abstract class Transferable
extends java.lang.Object

The abstract class of transferable data structures.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Transferable()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	encode(java.io.DataOutput out) Encode the data as DataOutPut
abstract void	free() Free the data
abstract int	getNumEnocdeBytes() Get the number of Bytes of encoded data.
abstract void	release() Release the data

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Transferable

public Transferable()

Method Detail

getNumEnocdeBytes

public abstract int getNumEnocdeBytes()

Get the number of Bytes of encoded data.

Returns:

number of bytes

encode

public abstract void encode(java.io.DataOutput out)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Encode the data as DataOutPut

Parameters:

out -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

release

public abstract void release()

Release the data

free

public abstract void free()

Free the data