org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest

Interface ProtobufMessageHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

CellModel, CellSetModel, NamespacesInstanceModel, NamespacesModel, RowModel, ScannerModel, StorageClusterStatusModel, TableInfoModel, TableListModel, TableSchemaModel, VersionModel

@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface ProtobufMessageHandler

Common interface for models capable of supporting protobuf marshalling and unmarshalling. Hooks up to the ProtobufMessageBodyConsumer and ProtobufMessageBodyProducer adapters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	createProtobufOutput()
ProtobufMessageHandler	getObjectFromMessage(byte[] message) Initialize the model from a protobuf representation.

Method Detail

createProtobufOutput

byte[] createProtobufOutput()

Returns:

the protobuf represention of the model

getObjectFromMessage

ProtobufMessageHandler getObjectFromMessage(byte[] message)
                                     throws IOException

Initialize the model from a protobuf representation.

Parameters:

message - the raw bytes of the protobuf message

Returns:

reference to self for convenience

Throws:

IOException