EncodedMessage (OREKIT 12.1-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEncodedMessage, ByteArrayEncodedMessage, HexadecimalSequenceEncodedMessage, InputStreamEncodedMessage, StreamMonitor
```
public interface EncodedMessage
```
Interface for getting bits forming encoded messages.
Classes implementing this interface must contain exactly one complete message.

Since:

11.0

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`extractBits(int n)`	Extract the next n bits from the encoded message.
`default void`	`start()`	Start message extraction.

- Method Detail
  - start
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default void start()
```
    Start message extraction.
  - extractBits
```
long extractBits(int n)
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    Extract the next n bits from the encoded message.
    
    Parameters:
    
    n - number of bits to extract (cannot exceed 32 bits)
    
    Returns:
    
    bits packed as the LSB of a 64 bits primitive long