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16 package io.netty.handler.codec.string;
17
18 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
19 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler.Sharable;
20 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
21 import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
22 import io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder;
23 import io.netty.handler.codec.DelimiterBasedFrameDecoder;
24 import io.netty.handler.codec.LineBasedFrameDecoder;
25 import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder;
26
27 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
28 import java.util.List;
29
30 /**
31 * Decodes a received {@link ByteBuf} into a {@link String}. Please
32 * note that this decoder must be used with a proper {@link ByteToMessageDecoder}
33 * such as {@link DelimiterBasedFrameDecoder} or {@link LineBasedFrameDecoder}
34 * if you are using a stream-based transport such as TCP/IP. A typical setup for a
35 * text-based line protocol in a TCP/IP socket would be:
36 * <pre>
37 * {@link ChannelPipeline} pipeline = ...;
38 *
39 * // Decoders
40 * pipeline.addLast("frameDecoder", new {@link LineBasedFrameDecoder}(80));
41 * pipeline.addLast("stringDecoder", new {@link StringDecoder}(CharsetUtil.UTF_8));
42 *
43 * // Encoder
44 * pipeline.addLast("stringEncoder", new {@link StringEncoder}(CharsetUtil.UTF_8));
45 * </pre>
46 * and then you can use a {@link String} instead of a {@link ByteBuf}
47 * as a message:
48 * <pre>
49 * void channelRead({@link ChannelHandlerContext} ctx, {@link String} msg) {
50 * ch.write("Did you say '" + msg + "'?\n");
51 * }
52 * </pre>
53 */
54 @Sharable
55 public class StringDecoder extends MessageToMessageDecoder<ByteBuf> {
56
57 // TODO Use CharsetDecoder instead.
58 private final Charset charset;
59
60 /**
61 * Creates a new instance with the current system character set.
62 */
63 public StringDecoder() {
64 this(Charset.defaultCharset());
65 }
66
67 /**
68 * Creates a new instance with the specified character set.
69 */
70 public StringDecoder(Charset charset) {
71 if (charset == null) {
72 throw new NullPointerException("charset");
73 }
74 this.charset = charset;
75 }
76
77 @Override
78 protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf msg, List<Object> out) throws Exception {
79 out.add(msg.toString(charset));
80 }
81 }