KickJava   Java API By Example, From Geeks To Geeks.

Java > Open Source Codes > org > apache > cocoon > components > serializers > encoding > Encoder


1 /*
2  * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 package org.apache.cocoon.components.serializers.encoding;
17
18 /**
19  *
20  *
21  * @author <a HREF="mailto:pier@apache.org">Pier Fumagalli</a>, February 2003
22  * @version CVS $Id: Encoder.java 30932 2004-07-29 17:35:38Z vgritsenko $
23  */
24 public interface Encoder extends Verifier {
25
26     /**
27      * Encode the specified character as a sequence of characters.
28      * <p>
29      * For example, in XML, the character &quot;<code>&amp;</code>&quot; can
30      * be encoded as &quot;<code>&amp;amp;</code>&quot;, or the Unicode
31      * &quot;<code>?</code>&quot; character can be encoded as
32      * &quot;<code>&amp;#x012F;</code>&quot;
33      * </p>
34      */
35     public char[] encode(char character);
36 }
37
Popular Tags