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+/*
+ * 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;
+
+/**
+ * Defines common encoding methods for byte array encoders.
+ * 
+ * @author Apache Software Foundation
+ * @version $Id: BinaryEncoder.java,v 1.10 2004/02/29 04:08:31 tobrien Exp $
+ */
+public interface BinaryEncoder extends Encoder {
+    
+    /**
+     * Encodes a byte array and return the encoded data
+     * as a byte array.
+     * 
+     * @param pArray Data to be encoded
+     *
+     * @return A byte array containing the encoded data
+     * 
+     * @throws EncoderException thrown if the Encoder
+     *      encounters a failure condition during the
+     *      encoding process.
+     */
+    byte[] encode(byte[] pArray) throws EncoderException;
+}  
+