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package com.itextpdf.io.font;
/**
* Classes implementing this interface can create custom encodings or
* replace existing ones. It is used in the context of PdfEncoding.
* @author Paulo Soares
*/
public interface IExtraEncoding {
/**
* Converts an Unicode string to a byte array according to some encoding.
* @param text the Unicode string
* @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
* supports more than one encoding.
* @return the conversion or null if no conversion is supported
*/
byte[] charToByte(String text, String encoding);
/**
* Converts an Unicode char to a byte array according to some encoding.
* @param char1 the Unicode char
* @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
* supports more than one encoding.
* @return the conversion or null if no conversion is supported
*/
byte[] charToByte(char char1, String encoding);
/**
* Converts a byte array to an Unicode string according to some encoding.
* @param b the input byte array
* @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
* supports more than one encoding.
* @return the conversion or null if no conversion is supported
*/
String byteToChar(byte[] b, String encoding);
}