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package io.netty.handler.codec;

import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
import io.netty.util.ReferenceCounted;
import io.netty.util.internal.TypeParameterMatcher;

/**
 * {@link ChannelHandler} which decodes from one message to an other message.
 *
 *
 * For example here is an implementation which decodes a {@link String} to an {@link Integer} which represent
 * the length of the {@link String}.
 *
 * <pre>
 *     public class StringToIntegerDecoder extends
 *             {@link MessageToMessageDecoder}&lt;{@link String}&gt; {
 *
 *         {@code @Override}
 *         public void decode({@link ChannelHandlerContext} ctx, {@link String} message,
 *                            List&lt;Object&gt; out) throws {@link Exception} {
 *             out.add(message.length());
 *         }
 *     }
 * </pre>
 *
 * Be aware that you need to call {@link ReferenceCounted#retain()} on messages that are just passed through if they
 * are of type {@link ReferenceCounted}. This is needed as the {@link MessageToMessageDecoder} will call
 * {@link ReferenceCounted#release()} on decoded messages.
 *
 */
public abstract class MessageToMessageDecoder<I> extends ChannelHandlerAdapter {

    private final TypeParameterMatcher matcher;

    /**
     * Create a new instance which will try to detect the types to match out of the type parameter of the class.
     */
    protected MessageToMessageDecoder() {
        matcher = TypeParameterMatcher.find(this, MessageToMessageDecoder.class, "I");
    }

    /**
     * Create a new instance
     *
     * @param inboundMessageType    The type of messages to match and so decode
     */
    protected MessageToMessageDecoder(Class<? extends I> inboundMessageType) {
        matcher = TypeParameterMatcher.get(inboundMessageType);
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if the given message should be handled. If {@code false} it will be passed to the next
     * {@link ChannelHandler} in the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
     */
    public boolean acceptInboundMessage(Object msg) throws Exception {
        return matcher.match(msg);
    }

    @Override
    public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) throws Exception {
        try {
            if (acceptInboundMessage(msg)) {
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                I cast = (I) msg;
                try {
                    decode(ctx, cast);
                } finally {
                    ReferenceCountUtil.release(cast);
                }
            } else {
                ctx.fireChannelRead(msg);
            }
        } catch (DecoderException e) {
            throw e;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new DecoderException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Decode from one message to an other. This method will be called for each written message that can be handled
     * by this decoder.
     *
     * @param ctx           the {@link ChannelHandlerContext} which this {@link MessageToMessageDecoder} belongs to
     * @param msg           the message to decode to an other one
     * @throws Exception    is thrown if an error occurs
     */
    protected abstract void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, I msg) throws Exception;
}
