Interface IMessageConverter

Namespace

Steeltoe.Messaging.Converter

Assembly

Steeltoe.Messaging.Abstractions.dll

A converter to turn the payload of a message from serialized form to a typed object and vice versa.

public interface IMessageConverter : IServiceNameAware

Inherited Members

IServiceNameAware.ServiceName

Methods

FromMessage(IMessage, Type)

Convert the payload of a message to a typed object.

object FromMessage(IMessage message, Type targetClass)

Parameters

message IMessage

the input message

targetClass Type

the target type for the conversion

Returns

object

the result of the conversion

FromMessage<T>(IMessage)

Convert the payload of a message to a typed object.

T FromMessage<T>(IMessage message)

Parameters

message IMessage

the input message

Returns

T

the result of the conversion

Type Parameters

T

the target type for the conversion

ToMessage(object, IMessageHeaders)

Create a message whose payload is the result of converting the given payload object to serialized form.

IMessage ToMessage(object payload, IMessageHeaders headers)

Parameters

payload object

the object to convert

headers IMessageHeaders

optional headers for the message

Returns

IMessage

the new messagee or null if converter does not support the payload type