All Known Implementing Classes:

FastJavaBinDecoder.EntryImpl
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public interface DataEntry
```
This represents a data entry in the payload/stream. There are multiple ways to consume the data entry: 1) listen to it, if it's a container object, and get callbacks for each sub-entry 2) read as an object using the {val()} method. Please note that it creates objects and expect more memory usage 3) read the corresponding primitive value Do not keep a reference of this Object beyond the scope where it is called. Read the relevant data out.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static interface`	`DataEntry.EntryListener`
`static interface`	`DataEntry.FastDecoder`
`static class`	`DataEntry.Type`	The types are a superset of json

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`boolVal()`
`Object`	`ctx()`	This is the object shared in the parent container in the {`listenContainer(Object, EntryListener)`} method
`int`	`depth()`	Depth of this Object.
`double`	`doubleVal()`
`float`	`floatVal()`
`long`	`index()`	The index of this entry in the container
`int`	`intVal()`
`boolean`	`isKeyValEntry()`	If this object is a key value entry.
`int`	`length()`	If it is a non-primitive type and size is known in advance
`void`	`listenContainer(Object ctx, DataEntry.EntryListener listener)`	Register a listener to get callbacks for all entries
`long`	`longVal()`
`Object`	`metadata()`	Some Objects may have metadata.
`CharSequence`	`name()`	The name, if this is a map entry , else it returns a null
`DataEntry`	`parent()`	If this is a child of another container object this returns a non-null value
`default String`	`strValue()`
`DataEntry.Type`	`type()`	The data type
`Object`	`val()`	The object value

- Method Detail
  - type
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DataEntry.Type type()
```
    The data type
  - index
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long index()
```
    The index of this entry in the container
  - intVal
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int intVal()
```
  - longVal
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long longVal()
```
  - floatVal
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float floatVal()
```
  - doubleVal
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double doubleVal()
```
  - boolVal
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boolean boolVal()
```
  - strValue
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default String strValue()
```
  - val
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Object val()
```
    The object value
  - listenContainer
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void listenContainer(Object ctx,
                     DataEntry.EntryListener listener)
```
    Register a listener to get callbacks for all entries
    
    Parameters:
    
    ctx - This is any object that should be shared with the child entry callbacks
    
    listener - The listener that handles each entry in this container
  - metadata
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Object metadata()
```
    Some Objects may have metadata. usually there is none
  - depth
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int depth()
```
    Depth of this Object. The root most object has a depth of 1
  - parent
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DataEntry parent()
```
    If this is a child of another container object this returns a non-null value
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent container object
  - ctx
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Object ctx()
```
    This is the object shared in the parent container in the {listenContainer(Object, EntryListener)} method
  - length
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int length()
```
    If it is a non-primitive type and size is known in advance
    if it's a map/list, it's the no:of items in this container
    if it's a {CharSequence} or byte[] , it's the no:of bytes in the stream
    
    Returns:
    
    a number greater than or equal to zero if the size is known, -1 if unknown
  - isKeyValEntry
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boolean isKeyValEntry()
```
    If this object is a key value entry. key value entries have name
  - name
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CharSequence name()
```
    The name, if this is a map entry , else it returns a null

Interface DataEntry

Nested Class Summary

Method Summary

Method Detail

type

index

intVal

longVal

floatVal

doubleVal

boolVal

strValue

val

listenContainer

metadata

depth

parent

ctx

length

isKeyValEntry

name