org.apache.beam.sdk.coders (Apache Beam 2.5.0)

Interface Summary
Interface	Description
CoderProviderRegistrar	`Coder` creators have the ability to automatically have their `coders` registered with this SDK by creating a `ServiceLoader` entry and a concrete implementation of this interface.
DelegateCoder.CodingFunction<InputT,OutputT>	A `CodingFunction<InputT, OutputT>` is a serializable function from `InputT` to `OutputT` that may throw any `Exception`.

Class Summary
Class	Description
AtomicCoder<T>	A `Coder` that has no component `Coders` or other configuration.
AvroCoder<T>	A `Coder` using Avro binary format.
BigDecimalCoder	A `BigDecimalCoder` encodes a `BigDecimal` as an integer scale encoded with `VarIntCoder` and a `BigInteger` encoded using `BigIntegerCoder`.
BigEndianIntegerCoder	A `BigEndianIntegerCoder` encodes `Integers` in 4 bytes, big-endian.
BigEndianLongCoder	A `BigEndianLongCoder` encodes `Long`s in 8 bytes, big-endian.
BigEndianShortCoder	A `BigEndianShortCoder` encodes `Shorts` in 4 bytes, big-endian.
BigIntegerCoder	A `BigIntegerCoder` encodes a `BigInteger` as a byte array containing the big endian two's-complement representation, encoded via `ByteArrayCoder`.
BitSetCoder	Coder for `BitSet`.
BooleanCoder	A `Coder` for `Boolean`.
ByteArrayCoder	A `Coder` for `byte[]`.
ByteCoder	A `ByteCoder` encodes `Byte` values in 1 byte using Java serialization.
Coder<T>	A `Coder<T>` defines how to encode and decode values of type `T` into byte streams.
Coder.Context	Deprecated To implement a coder, do not use any `Coder.Context`.
CoderProvider	A `CoderProvider` provides `Coder`s.
CoderProviders	Static utility methods for creating and working with `CoderProvider`s.
CoderRegistry	A `CoderRegistry` allows creating a `Coder` for a given Java `class` or `type descriptor`.
CollectionCoder<T>	A `CollectionCoder` encodes `Collections` in the format of `IterableLikeCoder`.
CustomCoder<T>	An abstract base class that implements all methods of `Coder` except `Coder.encode(T, java.io.OutputStream)` and `Coder.decode(java.io.InputStream)`.
DefaultCoder.DefaultCoderProviderRegistrar	A `CoderProviderRegistrar` that registers a `CoderProvider` which can use the `@DefaultCoder` annotation to provide `coder providers` that creates `Coder`s.
DelegateCoder<T,IntermediateT>	A `DelegateCoder<T, IntermediateT>` wraps a `Coder` for `IntermediateT` and encodes/decodes values of type `T` by converting to/from `IntermediateT` and then encoding/decoding using the underlying `Coder<IntermediateT>`.
DoubleCoder	A `DoubleCoder` encodes `Double` values in 8 bytes using Java serialization.
DurationCoder	A `Coder` that encodes a joda `Duration` as a `Long` using the format of `VarLongCoder`.
FloatCoder	A `FloatCoder` encodes `Float` values in 8 bytes using Java serialization.
InstantCoder	A `Coder` for joda `Instant` that encodes it as a big endian `Long` shifted such that lexicographic ordering of the bytes corresponds to chronological order.
IterableCoder<T>	An `IterableCoder` encodes any `Iterable` in the format of `IterableLikeCoder`.
IterableLikeCoder<T,IterableT extends java.lang.Iterable<T>>	An abstract base class with functionality for assembling a `Coder` for a class that implements `Iterable`.
KvCoder<K,V>	A `KvCoder` encodes `KV`s.
LengthPrefixCoder<T>	A `Coder` which is able to take any existing coder and wrap it such that it is only invoked in the `outer context`.
ListCoder<T>	A `Coder` for `List`, using the format of `IterableLikeCoder`.
MapCoder<K,V>	A `Coder` for `Maps` that encodes them according to provided coders for keys and values.
NullableCoder<T>	A `NullableCoder` encodes nullable values of type `T` using a nested `Coder<T>` that does not tolerate `null` values.
RowCoder	A `Coder` for `Row`.
SerializableCoder<T extends java.io.Serializable>	A `Coder` for Java classes that implement `Serializable`.
SerializableCoder.SerializableCoderProviderRegistrar	A `CoderProviderRegistrar` which registers a `CoderProvider` which can handle serializable types.
SetCoder<T>	A `SetCoder` encodes any `Set` using the format of `IterableLikeCoder`.
ShardedKeyCoder<KeyT>	A `Coder` for `ShardedKey`, using a wrapped key `Coder`.
SnappyCoder<T>	Wraps an existing coder with Snappy compression.
StringDelegateCoder<T>	A `Coder` that wraps a `Coder<String>` and encodes/decodes values via string representations.
StringUtf8Coder	A `Coder` that encodes `Strings` in UTF-8 encoding.
StructuralByteArray	A wrapper around a byte[] that uses structural, value-based equality rather than byte[]'s normal object identity.
StructuredCoder<T>	An abstract base class to implement a `Coder` that defines equality, hashing, and printing via the class name and recursively using `StructuredCoder.getComponents()`.
TextualIntegerCoder	A `Coder` that encodes `Integer Integers` as the ASCII bytes of their textual, decimal, representation.
VarIntCoder	A `Coder` that encodes `Integers` using between 1 and 5 bytes.
VarLongCoder	A `Coder` that encodes `Longs` using between 1 and 10 bytes.
VoidCoder	A `Coder` for `Void`.

Enum Summary
Enum Description

CannotProvideCoderException.ReasonCode
Indicates the reason that Coder inference failed.

Enum Summary
Enum	Description
CannotProvideCoderException.ReasonCode	Indicates the reason that `Coder` inference failed.

Exception Summary
Exception	Description
CannotProvideCoderException	The exception thrown when a `CoderRegistry` or `CoderProvider` cannot provide a `Coder` that has been requested.
Coder.NonDeterministicException	Exception thrown by `Coder.verifyDeterministic()` if the encoding is not deterministic, including details of why the encoding is not deterministic.
CoderException	An `Exception` thrown if there is a problem encoding or decoding a value.

Annotation Types Summary
Annotation Type Description

DefaultCoder
The DefaultCoder annotation specifies a Coder class to handle encoding and decoding instances of the annotated class.

Annotation Types Summary
Annotation Type	Description
DefaultCoder	The `DefaultCoder` annotation specifies a `Coder` class to handle encoding and decoding instances of the annotated class.

Package org.apache.beam.sdk.coders Description

Defines Coders to specify how data is encoded to and decoded from byte strings.

During execution of a Pipeline, elements in a PCollection may need to be encoded into byte strings. This happens both at the beginning and end of a pipeline when data is read from and written to persistent storage and also during execution of a pipeline when elements are communicated between machines.

Exactly when PCollection elements are encoded during execution depends on which PipelineRunner is being used and how that runner chooses to execute the pipeline. As such, Beam requires that all PCollections have an appropriate Coder in case it becomes necessary. In many cases, the Coder can be inferred from the available Java type information and the Pipeline's CoderRegistry. It can be specified per PCollection via PCollection.setCoder(Coder) or per type using the DefaultCoder annotation.

This package provides a number of coders for common types like Integer, String, and List, as well as coders like AvroCoder that can be used to encode many custom types.