net.tridentsdk.meta.component

Interface IllegalMeta<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Meta<T>

@ThreadSafe
public interface IllegalMeta<T>
extends Meta<T>

Provides a marker class which represents an illegal type metadata

Since:

0.4-alpha

Author:

The TridentSDK Team

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default Substance[]	applyTo(MetaCollection collection) Invoked to register the meta tag
default Meta<T>	decodeMeta(T instance, byte[] data) Creates a new meta value containing the decoded data provided
default byte[]	encodeMeta() Transforms the data into a byte which can be represented in a block data byte
default Meta<T>	make() Make a new instance of this meta object
static <T> IllegalMeta<T>	newMeta() Create a new illegal meta value

Method Detail

newMeta

static <T> IllegalMeta<T> newMeta()

Create a new illegal meta value

Type Parameters:

T - the meta type

Returns:

the new illegal meta

decodeMeta

default Meta<T> decodeMeta(T instance,
                           byte[] data)

Description copied from interface: Meta

Creates a new meta value containing the decoded data provided

Specified by:

decodeMeta in interface Meta<T>

Parameters:

instance - the data owner which the value will be applied upon

data - the data

encodeMeta

default byte[] encodeMeta()

Description copied from interface: Meta

Transforms the data into a byte which can be represented in a block data byte

Specified by:

encodeMeta in interface Meta<T>

Returns:

the byte data

make

default Meta<T> make()

Description copied from interface: Meta

Make a new instance of this meta object

Specified by:

make in interface Meta<T>

Returns:

the new instance

applyTo

default Substance[] applyTo(MetaCollection collection)

Description copied from interface: Meta

Invoked to register the meta tag

Specified by:

applyTo in interface Meta<T>

Parameters:

collection - the collection which will be used to hold this meta type

Returns:

the substances to apply to