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package org.apache.gora.accumulo.encoders;

/**
 * 
 */
public interface Encoder {
  
  public byte[] encodeByte(byte b, byte[] ret);
  
  public byte[] encodeByte(byte b);
  
  public byte decodeByte(byte[] a);

  public byte[] encodeShort(short s);
  
  public byte[] encodeShort(short s, byte ret[]);
  
  public short decodeShort(byte[] a);
  
  public byte[] encodeInt(int i);
  
  public byte[] encodeInt(int i, byte ret[]);
  
  public int decodeInt(byte[] a);
  
  public byte[] encodeLong(long l);
  
  public byte[] encodeLong(long l, byte ret[]);
  
  public long decodeLong(byte[] a);
  
  public byte[] encodeDouble(double d);
  
  public byte[] encodeDouble(double d, byte[] ret);
  
  public double decodeDouble(byte[] a);
  
  public byte[] encodeFloat(float d);
  
  public byte[] encodeFloat(float f, byte[] ret);
  
  public float decodeFloat(byte[] a);
  
  public boolean decodeBoolean(byte[] val);
  
  public byte[] encodeBoolean(boolean b);
  
  public byte[] encodeBoolean(boolean b, byte[] ret);

  byte[] followingKey(int size, byte[] per);

  byte[] lastPossibleKey(int size, byte[] er);

}