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16 package io.netty.handler.codec;
17
18 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
19 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundHandler;
20 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundHandlerAdapter;
21 import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
22 import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
23 import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
24 import io.netty.util.ReferenceCounted;
25 import io.netty.util.internal.StringUtil;
26 import io.netty.util.internal.TypeParameterMatcher;
27
28 import java.util.List;
29
30 /**
31 * {@link ChannelOutboundHandlerAdapter} which encodes from one message to an other message
32 *
33 * For example here is an implementation which decodes an {@link Integer} to an {@link String}.
34 *
35 * <pre>
36 * public class IntegerToStringEncoder extends
37 * {@link MessageToMessageEncoder}<{@link Integer}> {
38 *
39 * {@code @Override}
40 * public void encode({@link ChannelHandlerContext} ctx, {@link Integer} message, List<Object> out)
41 * throws {@link Exception} {
42 * out.add(message.toString());
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 MessageToMessageEncoder} will call
49 * {@link ReferenceCounted#release()} on encoded messages.
50 */
51 public abstract class MessageToMessageEncoder<I> extends ChannelOutboundHandlerAdapter {
52
53 private final TypeParameterMatcher matcher;
54
55 /**
56 * Create a new instance which will try to detect the types to match out of the type parameter of the class.
57 */
58 protected MessageToMessageEncoder() {
59 matcher = TypeParameterMatcher.find(this, MessageToMessageEncoder.class, "I");
60 }
61
62 /**
63 * Create a new instance
64 *
65 * @param outboundMessageType The type of messages to match and so encode
66 */
67 protected MessageToMessageEncoder(Class<? extends I> outboundMessageType) {
68 matcher = TypeParameterMatcher.get(outboundMessageType);
69 }
70
71 /**
72 * Returns {@code true} if the given message should be handled. If {@code false} it will be passed to the next
73 * {@link ChannelOutboundHandler} in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
74 */
75 public boolean acceptOutboundMessage(Object msg) throws Exception {
76 return matcher.match(msg);
77 }
78
79 @Override
80 public void write(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, ChannelPromise promise) throws Exception {
81 CodecOutputList out = null;
82 try {
83 if (acceptOutboundMessage(msg)) {
84 out = CodecOutputList.newInstance();
85 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
86 I cast = (I) msg;
87 try {
88 encode(ctx, cast, out);
89 } finally {
90 ReferenceCountUtil.release(cast);
91 }
92
93 if (out.isEmpty()) {
94 out.recycle();
95 out = null;
96
97 throw new EncoderException(
98 StringUtil.simpleClassName(this) + " must produce at least one message.");
99 }
100 } else {
101 ctx.write(msg, promise);
102 }
103 } catch (EncoderException e) {
104 throw e;
105 } catch (Throwable t) {
106 throw new EncoderException(t);
107 } finally {
108 if (out != null) {
109 final int sizeMinusOne = out.size() - 1;
110 if (sizeMinusOne == 0) {
111 ctx.write(out.get(0), promise);
112 } else if (sizeMinusOne > 0) {
113 // Check if we can use a voidPromise for our extra writes to reduce GC-Pressure
114 // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2525
115 ChannelPromise voidPromise = ctx.voidPromise();
116 boolean isVoidPromise = promise == voidPromise;
117 for (int i = 0; i < sizeMinusOne; i ++) {
118 ChannelPromise p;
119 if (isVoidPromise) {
120 p = voidPromise;
121 } else {
122 p = ctx.newPromise();
123 }
124 ctx.write(out.getUnsafe(i), p);
125 }
126 ctx.write(out.getUnsafe(sizeMinusOne), promise);
127 }
128 out.recycle();
129 }
130 }
131 }
132
133 /**
134 * Encode from one message to an other. This method will be called for each written message that can be handled
135 * by this encoder.
136 *
137 * @param ctx the {@link ChannelHandlerContext} which this {@link MessageToMessageEncoder} belongs to
138 * @param msg the message to encode to an other one
139 * @param out the {@link List} into which the encoded msg should be added
140 * needs to do some kind of aggregation
141 * @throws Exception is thrown if an error occurs
142 */
143 protected abstract void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, I msg, List<Object> out) throws Exception;
144 }