Codec (Zipkin 1.28.0 API)

```
public interface Codec
```
Methods make an attempt to perform codec operations, failing to null.

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static zipkin.internal.JsonCodec`	`JSON`
`static zipkin.internal.ThriftCodec`	`THRIFT`

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`DependencyLink`	`readDependencyLink(byte[] bytes)` throws IllegalArgumentException if the dependency link couldn't be decoded
`List<DependencyLink>`	`readDependencyLinks(byte[] bytes)` throws IllegalArgumentException if the dependency links couldn't be decoded
`Span`	`readSpan(byte[] bytes)` throws IllegalArgumentException if the span couldn't be decoded
`List<Span>`	`readSpans(byte[] bytes)` throws IllegalArgumentException if the spans couldn't be decoded
`int`	`sizeInBytes(Span value)`
`byte[]`	`writeDependencyLink(DependencyLink value)`
`byte[]`	`writeDependencyLinks(List<DependencyLink> value)`
`byte[]`	`writeSpan(Span value)`
`byte[]`	`writeSpans(List<Span> value)`
`byte[]`	`writeTraces(List<List<Span>> value)`

static final zipkin.internal.JsonCodec JSON

static final zipkin.internal.ThriftCodec THRIFT

readSpan
```
Span readSpan(byte[] bytes)
```
throws IllegalArgumentException if the span couldn't be decoded

readSpans
```
List<Span> readSpans(byte[] bytes)
```
throws IllegalArgumentException if the spans couldn't be decoded

byte[] writeTraces(List<List<Span>> value)

readDependencyLink
```
DependencyLink readDependencyLink(byte[] bytes)
```
throws IllegalArgumentException if the dependency link couldn't be decoded

byte[] writeDependencyLink(DependencyLink value)

readDependencyLinks
```
List<DependencyLink> readDependencyLinks(byte[] bytes)
```
throws IllegalArgumentException if the dependency links couldn't be decoded

byte[] writeDependencyLinks(List<DependencyLink> value)

Interface Codec