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API for interpreting runs of binary as values humans can understand
/*
* Hex - a hex viewer and annotator
* Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Trejkaz, Hex Project
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see .
*/
package org.trypticon.hex.interpreters;
import org.trypticon.hex.binary.Binary;
/**
* Interface for interpretation of a sequence of binary as some typed value.
*
* @param the value type.
* @author trejkaz
*/
public interface Interpreter {
/**
* Gets the type of the interpreted values.
*
* @return the type of the interpreted values.
*/
Class getType();
/**
* Interprets the value for a range.
*
* @param binary the binary.
* @param position the position of the start of the value.
* @param length the length of the value to interpret.
* @return the value.
*/
V interpret(Binary binary, long position, long length);
}