TibrvMsgEncoder.canEncode()

Method

Declaration

boolean canEncode(
    short type,
    java.lang.Object data)

Test whether this encoder can encode the data as a particular wire format custom datatype.

Before calling TibrvMsgEncoder.encode(), TibrvMsg first checks its applicability by calling this method. Whenever this method indicates that encoding is viable, TibrvMsgEncoder.encode() must correctly encode the object.

This method must return true if the encoder can encode the data into the specified custom datatype; otherwise it must return false.

Parameter	Description
`type`	Test viability of encoding the data as an instance of this custom datatype.
`data`	Test viability of encoding this data.