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package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.oneone;

import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.*;

import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelDownstreamHandler;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelEvent;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.DelimiterBasedFrameDecoder;
import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.Delimiters;

/**
 * Transforms a write request into another write request.  A typical setup for
 * TCP/IP would be:
 * <pre>
 * {@link ChannelPipeline} pipeline = ...;
 *
 * // Decoders
 * pipeline.addLast("frameDecoder", new {@link DelimiterBasedFrameDecoder}(80, {@link Delimiters#nulDelimiter()}));
 * pipeline.addLast("customDecoder", new {@link OneToOneDecoder}() { ... });
 *
 * // Encoder
 * pipeline.addLast("customEncoder", new {@link OneToOneEncoder}() { ... });
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author <a href="http://www.jboss.org/netty/">The Netty Project</a>
 * @author <a href="http://gleamynode.net/">Trustin Lee</a>
 *
 * @version $Rev:231 $, $Date:2008-06-12 16:44:50 +0900 (목, 12 6월 2008) $
 *
 * @apiviz.landmark
 */
public abstract class OneToOneEncoder implements ChannelDownstreamHandler {

    protected OneToOneEncoder() {
        super();
    }

    public void handleDownstream(
            ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelEvent evt) throws Exception {
        if (!(evt instanceof MessageEvent)) {
            ctx.sendDownstream(evt);
            return;
        }

        MessageEvent e = (MessageEvent) evt;
        Object originalMessage = e.getMessage();
        Object encodedMessage = encode(ctx, e.getChannel(), originalMessage);
        if (originalMessage == encodedMessage) {
            ctx.sendDownstream(evt);
        } else if (encodedMessage != null) {
            write(ctx, e.getFuture(), encodedMessage, e.getRemoteAddress());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Transforms the specified message into another message and return the
     * transformed message.  Note that you can not return {@code null}, unlike
     * you can in {@link OneToOneDecoder#decode(ChannelHandlerContext, Channel, Object)};
     * you must return something, at least {@link ChannelBuffers#EMPTY_BUFFER}.
     */
    protected abstract Object encode(
            ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Channel channel, Object msg) throws Exception;
}
