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/*
 * Copyright 2012-2013 Denis Neuling 
 * 
 * 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 com.apitrary.orm.annotations.codec;

/**
 * 
 * Abstract Codec class.
 * 
 * 
 * @author Denis Neuling ([email protected])
 * 
 */
public abstract class Codec {

	/**
	 * 
	 * decode.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 *            a {@link java.lang.String} object.
	 * @return a T object.
	 */
	public abstract T decode(String value);

	/**
	 * 
	 * encode.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param object
	 *            a T object.
	 * @return a {@link java.lang.String} object.
	 */
	public abstract String encode(T object);
}