Interface Encoder
- All Known Subinterfaces:
BinaryEncoder
- All Known Implementing Classes:
Base64
public interface Encoder
Provides the highest level of abstraction for Encoders.
This is the sister interface of Decoder
. Every implementation of
Encoder provides this common generic interface whic allows a user to pass a
generic Object to any Encoder implementation in the codec package.
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Method Summary
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Method Details
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encode
Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object. The Objects here may just bebyte[]
orString
s depending on the implementation used.- Parameters:
pObject
- An object ot encode- Returns:
- An "encoded" Object
- Throws:
EncoderException
- an encoder exception is thrown if the encoder experiences a failure condition during the encoding process.
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