At this moment, the encoder is called from a single thread per producer
instance.
Thanks,
Jun
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Rajiv Kurian <ra...@signalfuse.com> wrote:
> Are encoders only ever called from a single thread?
>
> I have a stateful utility class that I use to encode my objects. Is it safe
> to only create a single instance? Something like this:
>
> MyObjectEncoder
>
> public class MyObjectEncoder implements Encoder<MyObject> {
>
> private final MyObjectEncoderHelper helper =
> new MyObjectEncoderHelper();
>
> public MyObjectEncoder(VerifiableProperties props) {}
>
> @Override
>
> public byte[] toBytes(MyObject myObject) {
>
> // Stateful. So can't be called concurrently.
>
> helper.encode(myObject);
>
> return helper.bytes();
>
> }
>
> }
>
> I am wondering if this is legal or if I have to create a new helper object
> every time toBytes is called.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
