Codec

All Superinterfaces:

CodecOperations, IDLEntity, Object, Serializable
```
public interface Codec
extends CodecOperations, Object, IDLEntity
```
The formats of IOR components and service context data used by ORB services are often defined as CDR encapsulations encoding instances of IDL defined data types. The Codec provides a mechanism to transfer these components between their IDL data types and their CDR encapsulation representations.
A Codec is obtained from the CodecFactory. The CodecFactory is obtained through a call to ORB.resolve_initial_references( "CodecFactory" ).

- Method Summary
  - Methods inherited from interface org.omg.IOP.CodecOperations
    decode, decode_value, encode, encode_value
  - Methods inherited from interface org.omg.CORBA.Object
    _create_request, _create_request, _duplicate, _get_domain_managers, _get_interface_def, _get_policy, _hash, _is_a, _is_equivalent, _non_existent, _release, _request, _set_policy_override