| /* |
| * Copyright 1999-2004 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.garbage.serializer.encoding; |
| |
| /** |
| * |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:pier@apache.org">Pier Fumagalli</a>, February 2003 |
| * @version CVS $Id: Encoder.java,v 1.2 2004/03/05 10:07:22 bdelacretaz Exp $ |
| */ |
| public interface Encoder extends Verifier { |
| |
| /** |
| * Encode the specified character as a sequence of characters. |
| * <p> |
| * For example, in XML, the character "<code>&</code>" can |
| * be encoded as "<code>&amp;</code>", or the Unicode |
| * "<code>\u012F</code>" character can be encoded as |
| * "<code>&#x012F;</code>" |
| * </p> |
| */ |
| public char[] encode(char character); |
| } |
