A small enhancement to ReplayingDecoder

["이희승 (Trustin Lee)"]

You can call checkpoint(PARAM_COUNT) and return null.  If the checkpoint
has been changed, ReplayingDecoder will call decode() once again.  Then,
the switch block will be evaluated again.  HttpMessageDecoder uses this
technique.

HTH

brunodecarvalho wrote:
> Trustin,
> 
> 
> The counter works just fine for straightforward protocols, but what if you'd
> want to jump from PARAM_VALUE back to PARAM_COUNT again (in the context of
> the same message)?
> 
> That's why I proposed the extension that runs in a continuous loop. It uses
> the checkpoints but allows you to jump to any of the available targets,
> rather than just falling down the switch.
> 
> I actually only used it once - most of the binary stuff I implement is very
> straightforward - but in this one integration I had to do, the structure of
> the messages was really tricky and this came in just handy.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>   Bruno
> 

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Trustin Lee - http://gleamynode.net/


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