org.apache.commons.codec
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.
Object encode(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.commons-codec version 1.6-SNAPSHOT - Copyright © 2002-2014 - Apache Software Foundation