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Encoder.java API Doc Android 1.5 API 1644 Wed May 06 22:41:10 BST 2009 org.apache.commons.codec

Encoder

public interface Encoder

Provides the highest level of abstraction for Encoders. This is the sister interface of {@link 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.

author: Apache Software Foundation
version: $Id: Encoder.java,v 1.10 2004/02/29 04:08:31 tobrien Exp $

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public java.lang.Object encode(java.lang.Object pObject)
Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object. The Objects here may just be byte[] or Strings depending on the implementation used.
param
pObject An object ot encode
return
An "encoded" Object
throws
EncoderException an encoder exception is thrown if the encoder experiences a failure condition during the encoding process.