net.sf.torrentsniffer.bencoding
Interface Bencoding

All Known Implementing Classes:

BencodingImpl

public interface Bencoding

Implements the bencoding specification. See http://wiki.theory.org/index.php/BitTorrentSpecification for information about bencoding.

Author:

Larry Williams

Method Summary

Dictionary	decode(java.io.InputStream input) Decodes the bencoded data in a stream.
Dictionary	decode(java.lang.String file) Decodes the bencoded data in a torrent file.
Dictionary	decode(java.net.URL url) Decodes the bencoded data in a URL.
void	encode(java.io.OutputStream out, java.lang.Object object) Encodes a graph of objects.
boolean	match(Dictionary bencoded1, Dictionary bencoded2) Checks if two bencoded Dictionaries are the same.

Method Detail

decode

public Dictionary decode(java.lang.String file)
                  throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Decodes the bencoded data in a torrent file.

Parameters:

file -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException

decode

public Dictionary decode(java.io.InputStream input)

Decodes the bencoded data in a stream.

Parameters:

input -

Returns:

decode

public Dictionary decode(java.net.URL url)

Decodes the bencoded data in a URL.

Parameters:

url -

Returns:

encode

public void encode(java.io.OutputStream out,
                   java.lang.Object object)

Encodes a graph of objects.

Parameters:

object -

out -

Returns:

match

public boolean match(Dictionary bencoded1,
                     Dictionary bencoded2)

Checks if two bencoded Dictionaries are the same. Assuming a bencoded file always starts with a Dictionary.

Returns: