Encoding (ciftools-java 0.7.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayEncoding, DeltaEncoding, FixedPointEncoding, IntegerPackingEncoding, IntervalQuantizationEncoding, RunLengthEncoding, StringArrayEncoding
```
public interface Encoding<E extends EncodedData<?>>
```
Represents a single encoding or decoding step for a column.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`EncodedData<?>`	`decode(E current)`	Let this Encoding work its magic and decode some data.
`String`	`getKind()`	The name of this encoding.

- Method Detail
  - getKind
```
String getKind()
```
    The name of this encoding. Used for serialization and to retrieve the necessary Codec implementations.
    
    Returns:
    
    a String representing the name of this encoding
  - decode
```
EncodedData<?> decode(E current)
```
    Let this Encoding work its magic and decode some data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    current - the container to decode
    
    Returns:
    
    the decoded information