org.apache.commons.codec
Interface Encoder

All Known Subinterfaces:

BinaryEncoder, StringEncoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCaverphone, Base32, Base64, BaseNCodec, BCodec, BeiderMorseEncoder, BinaryCodec, Caverphone, Caverphone1, Caverphone2, ColognePhonetic, DoubleMetaphone, Hex, MatchRatingApproachEncoder, Metaphone, Nysiis, QCodec, QuotedPrintableCodec, RefinedSoundex, Soundex, URLCodec

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.

Version:

$Id: Encoder.html 889935 2013-12-11 05:05:13Z ggregory $

encode

Object encode(Object source)
              throws EncoderException

Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object. The Objects here may just be byte[] or Strings depending on the implementation used.

Parameters:

source - An object to encode

Returns:

An "encoded" Object

Throws:

EncoderException - An encoder exception is thrown if the encoder experiences a failure condition during the encoding process.