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| * 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 |
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| package org.apache.cocoon.components.serializers.encoding; |
| |
| /** |
| * |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:pier@apache.org">Pier Fumagalli</a>, February 2003 |
| * @version CVS $Id$ |
| */ |
| 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); |
| } |
