org.takes.facets.auth.codecs

Interface Codec

All Known Implementing Classes:

CcCompact, CcHex, CcPlain, CcSafe, CcSalted, CcXOR

public interface Codec

Codec.

All implementations of this interface must be immutable and thread-safe.

Since:

0.1

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Yegor Bugayenko ([email protected])

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Identity	decode(byte[] bytes) Decode identity from text (or throw DecodingException).
byte[]	encode(Identity identity) Encode identity into bytes.

Method Detail

encode

byte[] encode(Identity identity)
              throws IOException

Encode identity into bytes.

Parameters:

identity - The identity

Returns:

Text

Throws:

IOException - If fails

decode

Identity decode(byte[] bytes)
                throws IOException

Decode identity from text (or throw DecodingException).

This method may throw DecodingException, if it's not possible to decode the incoming byte array. This exception will mean that the user can't be authenticated and Identity.ANONYMOUS object will be identified.

Parameters:

bytes - Text

Returns:

Identity

Throws:

IOException - If fails