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diff --git a/src/org/apache/commons/codec/Encoder.java b/src/org/apache/commons/codec/Encoder.java deleted file mode 100644 index fa339ee..0000000 --- a/src/org/apache/commons/codec/Encoder.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -/* - * 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; - -/** - * <p>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.</p> - * - * @author Apache Software Foundation - * @version $Id: Encoder.java,v 1.10 2004/02/29 04:08:31 tobrien Exp $ - */ -public interface Encoder { - - /** - * Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content - * as an Object. The Objects here may just be <code>byte[]</code> - * or <code>String</code>s 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. - */ - Object encode(Object pObject) throws EncoderException; -} - |