com.speckled.specksim.state
Interface SerializableState

All Known Implementing Classes:

BroadcastDetails, DefaultCommsModel.State, GravityEnvironment.State, SpeckledBodyModel.BodiesState

public interface SerializableState

Simulator state objects that implement this interface allow the state of the simulator to be captured for later consumption. This allows a host of time-shifting goodness

Author:

ryanm

Method Summary

SerializableState	decode(byte[] data) Decode the supplied data and construct a new state object from it.
byte[]	encode() Encode the data of this state object to a byte array, such that it may be decoded by decode( data )

Method Detail

encode

byte[] encode()

Encode the data of this state object to a byte array, such that it may be decoded by decode( data )

Returns:

The encoded data

decode

SerializableState decode(byte[] data)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Decode the supplied data and construct a new state object from it.

Parameters:

data - The data to decode. It was produced by the encode() method

Returns:

A new state object that contains the supplied data

Throws:

java.io.IOException