net.wimpi.modbus.io
Interface Transportable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ModbusMessage

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExceptionResponse, IllegalFunctionRequest, ModbusMessageImpl, ModbusRequest, ModbusResponse, ReadCoilsRequest, ReadCoilsResponse, ReadInputDiscretesRequest, ReadInputDiscretesResponse, ReadInputRegistersRequest, ReadInputRegistersResponse, ReadMultipleRegistersRequest, ReadMultipleRegistersResponse, WriteCoilRequest, WriteCoilResponse, WriteMultipleCoilsRequest, WriteMultipleCoilsResponse, WriteMultipleRegistersRequest, WriteMultipleRegistersResponse, WriteSingleRegisterRequest, WriteSingleRegisterResponse

public interface Transportable

Interface defining a transportable class.

Version:

@version@ (@date@)

Author:

Dieter Wimberger

Method Summary

int	getOutputLength() Returns the number of bytes that will be written by writeTo(DataOutput).
void	readFrom(DataInput din) Reads this Transportable from the given DataInput.
void	writeTo(DataOutput dout) Writes this Transportable to the given DataOutput.

Method Detail

getOutputLength

int getOutputLength()

Returns the number of bytes that will be written by writeTo(DataOutput).

Returns:

the number of bytes that will be written as int.

writeTo

void writeTo(DataOutput dout)
             throws IOException

Writes this Transportable to the given DataOutput.

Parameters:

dout - the DataOutput to write to.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

readFrom

void readFrom(DataInput din)
              throws IOException

Reads this Transportable from the given DataInput.

Parameters:

din - the DataInput to read from.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs or the data is invalid.