Smack/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/stringencoder/StringEncoder.java

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/**
*
* Copyright 2013-2014 Florian Schmaus
*
* 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.jivesoftware.smack.util.stringencoder;
/**
* An interface for String encoder.
*
* @author Florian Schmaus
*/
public interface StringEncoder {
/**
* Encodes an string to another representation.
*
* @param string
* @return the encoded String
*/
String encode(String string);
/**
* Decodes an string back to it's initial representation.
*
* @param string
* @return the decoded String
*/
String decode(String string);
}