BytesDecoder (Zipkin Core Library 2.18.2 API)

Type Parameters:

T - type of the object to deserialize

All Known Implementing Classes:

DependencyLinkBytesDecoder, SpanBytesDecoder
```
public interface BytesDecoder<T>
```
This type accepts a collection that receives decoded elements.
```
 ArrayList<Span> out = new ArrayList<>();
 SpanBytesDecoder.JSON_V2.decodeList(spans, out)
 
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`decode(byte[] serialized, java.util.Collection<T> out)`	This is used seldomly as the canonical message form is a `list`.
`java.util.List<T>`	`decodeList(byte[] serialized)`	Convenience method for `decodeList(byte[], Collection)`
`boolean`	`decodeList(byte[] serialized, java.util.Collection<T> out)`
`T`	`decodeOne(byte[] serialized)`	Visible for testing.
`Encoding`	`encoding()`

- Method Detail
  - encoding
```
Encoding encoding()
```
  - decode
```
boolean decode(byte[] serialized,
               java.util.Collection<T> out)
```
    This is used seldomly as the canonical message form is a list.
    Note: multiple elements can be consumed from a single serialized object. For example, if the input is Zipkin v1, the list might receive two elements if the serialized object was a shared span.
    
    Parameters:
    
    serialized - a single message, for example a json object
    
    Returns:
    
    true if an element was decoded
  - decodeOne
```
@Nullable
T decodeOne(byte[] serialized)
```
    Visible for testing. This returns the first element parsed from the serialized object or null
  - decodeList
```
boolean decodeList(byte[] serialized,
                   java.util.Collection<T> out)
```
    Returns:
    
    true if an element was decoded
  - decodeList
```
java.util.List<T> decodeList(byte[] serialized)
```
    Convenience method for decodeList(byte[], Collection)