Smack/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringEncoder.java

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/**
 * @author Florian Schmaus
 */
package org.jivesoftware.smack.util;

// TODO move StringEncoder, Base64Encoder and Base32Encoder to smack.util

public interface StringEncoder {
    /**
     * Encodes an string to another representation
     * 
     * @param string
     * @return
     */
    public String encode(String string);
    
    /**
     * Decodes an string back to it's initial representation
     * 
     * @param string
     * @return
     */
    public String decode(String string);
}