com.ibm.streams.operator.encoding

Interface CharacterEncoding

public interface CharacterEncoding

Interface to encode and decode Tuples into a character encoding. Instances of CharacterEncoding are thread safe.

Since:

InfoSphere® Streams Version 4.0

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	encodeTuple(Tuple tuple) Encode a tuple as a String using this encoding.
void	encodeTuple(Tuple tuple, java.lang.StringBuilder buffer) Encode tuple into buffer using this encoding.

Method Detail

encodeTuple

void encodeTuple(Tuple tuple,
               java.lang.StringBuilder buffer)

Encode tuple into buffer using this encoding.

Parameters:

tuple - Tuple to be encoded.

buffer - Buffer to hold encoded tuple.

encodeTuple

java.lang.String encodeTuple(Tuple tuple)

Encode a tuple as a String using this encoding.

Parameters:

tuple - Tuple to be encoded as a String in this encoding.

Returns:

tuple encoded as a String using this encoding.