/*
 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */ 

package org.apache.commons.codec;

/**
 * Encodes a String into a String. 
 *
 * @author Apache Software Foundation
 * @version $Id: StringEncoder.java,v 1.9 2004/02/29 04:08:31 tobrien Exp $
 */
public interface StringEncoder extends Encoder {
    
    /**
     * Encodes a String and returns a String.
     * 
     * @param pString a String to encode
     * 
     * @return the encoded String
     * 
     * @throws EncoderException thrown if there is
     *  an error conidition during the Encoding process.
     */
    String encode(String pString) throws EncoderException;
}