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package com.upokecenter.text;

import java.io.*;
import com.upokecenter.util.*;

/// 
/// Defines methods that can be implemented by classes
/// that convert to and from bytes and character code points.
/// 
public interface ICharacterEncoding {
    /**
     * Creates an encoder for this character encoding with initial state. If the
     * encoder is stateless, multiple calls of this method can return the
     * same encoder.
     * @return A character encoder object.
     */
  ICharacterEncoder GetEncoder();

    /**
     * Creates a decoder for this character encoding with initial state. If the
     * decoder is stateless, multiple calls of this method can return the
     * same decoder.
     * @return A character decoder object.
     */
  ICharacterDecoder GetDecoder();
}