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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
3    *
4    * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
5    * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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7    *
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9    *
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14   * under the License.
15   */
16  package io.netty.handler.codec;
17  
18  import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
19  import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandler;
20  import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;
21  import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
22  import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
23  import io.netty.util.ReferenceCounted;
24  import io.netty.util.internal.TypeParameterMatcher;
25  
26  import java.util.List;
27  
28  /**
29   * {@link ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter} which decodes from one message to an other message.
30   *
31   *
32   * For example here is an implementation which decodes a {@link String} to an {@link Integer} which represent
33   * the length of the {@link String}.
34   *
35   * <pre>
36   *     public class StringToIntegerDecoder extends
37   *             {@link MessageToMessageDecoder}&lt;{@link String}&gt; {
38   *
39   *         {@code @Override}
40   *         public void decode({@link ChannelHandlerContext} ctx, {@link String} message,
41   *                            List&lt;Object&gt; out) throws {@link Exception} {
42   *             out.add(message.length());
43   *         }
44   *     }
45   * </pre>
46   *
47   * Be aware that you need to call {@link ReferenceCounted#retain()} on messages that are just passed through if they
48   * are of type {@link ReferenceCounted}. This is needed as the {@link MessageToMessageDecoder} will call
49   * {@link ReferenceCounted#release()} on decoded messages.
50   *
51   */
52  public abstract class MessageToMessageDecoder<I> extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
53  
54      private final TypeParameterMatcher matcher;
55  
56      /**
57       * Create a new instance which will try to detect the types to match out of the type parameter of the class.
58       */
59      protected MessageToMessageDecoder() {
60          matcher = TypeParameterMatcher.find(this, MessageToMessageDecoder.class, "I");
61      }
62  
63      /**
64       * Create a new instance
65       *
66       * @param inboundMessageType    The type of messages to match and so decode
67       */
68      protected MessageToMessageDecoder(Class<? extends I> inboundMessageType) {
69          matcher = TypeParameterMatcher.get(inboundMessageType);
70      }
71  
72      /**
73       * Returns {@code true} if the given message should be handled. If {@code false} it will be passed to the next
74       * {@link ChannelInboundHandler} in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
75       */
76      public boolean acceptInboundMessage(Object msg) throws Exception {
77          return matcher.match(msg);
78      }
79  
80      @Override
81      public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) throws Exception {
82          CodecOutputList out = CodecOutputList.newInstance();
83          try {
84              if (acceptInboundMessage(msg)) {
85                  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
86                  I cast = (I) msg;
87                  try {
88                      decode(ctx, cast, out);
89                  } finally {
90                      ReferenceCountUtil.release(cast);
91                  }
92              } else {
93                  out.add(msg);
94              }
95          } catch (DecoderException e) {
96              throw e;
97          } catch (Exception e) {
98              throw new DecoderException(e);
99          } finally {
100             try {
101                 int size = out.size();
102                 for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
103                     ctx.fireChannelRead(out.getUnsafe(i));
104                 }
105             } finally {
106                 out.recycle();
107             }
108         }
109     }
110 
111     /**
112      * Decode from one message to an other. This method will be called for each written message that can be handled
113      * by this decoder.
114      *
115      * @param ctx           the {@link ChannelHandlerContext} which this {@link MessageToMessageDecoder} belongs to
116      * @param msg           the message to decode to an other one
117      * @param out           the {@link List} to which decoded messages should be added
118      * @throws Exception    is thrown if an error occurs
119      */
120     protected abstract void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, I msg, List<Object> out) throws Exception;
121 }