AttributeEncoder

All Superinterfaces:

Encoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

Encoders, Encoders.BoolEncoder, Encoders.ByteEncoder, Encoders.ClassEncoder, Encoders.ColorEncoder, Encoders.DateEncoder, Encoders.DoubleEncoder, Encoders.FloatEncoder, Encoders.IntEncoder, Encoders.LongEncoder, Encoders.QualityCodeEncoder, Encoders.ShortEncoder, Encoders.SignatureEncoder, Encoders.StringEncoder, Encoders.UUIDEncoder
```
public interface AttributeEncoder
extends Encoder
```

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  int getCodecType()
  Return the unique code for the type that this encoder encodes.
  - Methods inherited from interface com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.encoding.Encoder
    getBinaryLength, objectToBinary, objectToString

- Method Detail
  - getCodecType
```
int getCodecType()
```
    Return the unique code for the type that this encoder encodes. This must be the ordinal() of the corresponding CodecType enum value.
    
    This is only used on Encoders for element attributes, because attributes need to be read in with no intervention, so this ID is used to look up the correct decoder. For element bodies, the handler has the chance to instantiate the correct decoder before parsing, so no type code is needed.