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package org.grails.encoder;
/**
* This interface can be used to tell that a Grails Codec class should use these
* methods for creating the encoder and decoder instances instead of using
* conventional encode/decode methods.
*
* @author Lari Hotari
* @since 2.3
*/
public interface CodecFactory {
/**
* Gets the encoder instance.
*
* @return the encoder
*/
Encoder getEncoder();
/**
* Gets the decoder instance.
*
* @return the decoder
*/
Decoder getDecoder();
}