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 6 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: 7 * 8 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations 14 * under the License. 15 */ 16 package io.netty.example.factorial; 17 18 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf; 19 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext; 20 import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToByteEncoder; 21 22 import java.math.BigInteger; 23 24 /** 25 * Encodes a {@link Number} into the binary representation prepended with 26 * a magic number ('F' or 0x46) and a 32-bit length prefix. For example, 42 27 * will be encoded to { 'F', 0, 0, 0, 1, 42 }. 28 */ 29 public class NumberEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<Number> { 30 31 @Override 32 protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Number msg, ByteBuf out) { 33 // Convert to a BigInteger first for easier implementation. 34 BigInteger v; 35 if (msg instanceof BigInteger) { 36 v = (BigInteger) msg; 37 } else { 38 v = new BigInteger(String.valueOf(msg)); 39 } 40 41 // Convert the number into a byte array. 42 byte[] data = v.toByteArray(); 43 int dataLength = data.length; 44 45 // Write a message. 46 out.writeByte((byte) 'F'); // magic number 47 out.writeInt(dataLength); // data length 48 out.writeBytes(data); // data 49 } 50 }