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 which allows a user to pass a
generic Object to any Encoder implementation in the codec package.
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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java.lang.Object |
encode(java.lang.Object source)
Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content
as an Object.
|
java.lang.Object encode(java.lang.Object source) throws EncoderException
byte[]
or String
s depending on the implementation used.source
- An object to encodeEncoderException
- an encoder exception is
thrown if the encoder experiences a failure
condition during the encoding process.This software is published under the BSD license. Copyright © 2003-${build.year}, CRIXP AG, Switzerland, All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms.