Decoder.Text (Jakarta WebSocket API documentation)

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object that is decoded

All Superinterfaces:

Decoder

Enclosing interface:

Decoder
```
public static interface Decoder.Text<T>
extends Decoder
```
This interface defines how a custom object is decoded from a web socket message in the form of a string.

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface jakarta.websocket.Decoder
  Decoder.Binary<T>, Decoder.BinaryStream<T>, Decoder.Text<T>, Decoder.TextStream<T>

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`decode(String s)`	Decode the given String into an object of type T.
`boolean`	`willDecode(String s)`	Answer whether the given String can be decoded into an object of type T.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.websocket.Decoder
destroy, init

- Method Detail
  - decode
```
T decode(String s)
  throws DecodeException
```
    Decode the given String into an object of type T.
    
    Parameters:
    
    s - string to be decoded.
    
    Returns:
    
    the decoded message as an object of type T
    
    Throws:
    
    DecodeException - If the provided string cannot be decoded to type T
  - willDecode
```
boolean willDecode(String s)
```
    Answer whether the given String can be decoded into an object of type T.
    
    Parameters:
    
    s - the string being tested for decodability.
    
    Returns:
    
    whether this decoder can decoded the supplied string.