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package org.cryptacular.codec;
/**
* Container for an encoder/decoder pair.
*
* @author Middleware Services
*/
public interface Codec
{
/** @return The byte-to-char encoder of the codec pair. */
Encoder getEncoder();
/** @return The char-to-byte decoder of the codec pair. */
Decoder getDecoder();
/** @return A new instance of the byte-to-char encoder of the codec pair. */
Encoder newEncoder();
/** @return A new instance of the char-to-byte decoder of the codec pair. */
Decoder newDecoder();
}