org.cryptacular.codec

Interface Codec

All Known Implementing Classes:

Base32Codec, Base64Codec, HexCodec

public interface Codec

Container for an encoder/decoder pair.

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Decoder	getDecoder()
Encoder	getEncoder()
Decoder	newDecoder()
Encoder	newEncoder()

Method Detail

getEncoder

Encoder getEncoder()

Returns:

The byte-to-char encoder of the codec pair.

getDecoder

Decoder getDecoder()

Returns:

The char-to-byte decoder of the codec pair.

newEncoder

Encoder newEncoder()

Returns:

A new instance of the byte-to-char encoder of the codec pair.

newDecoder

Decoder newDecoder()

Returns:

A new instance of the char-to-byte decoder of the codec pair.