org.milyn.javabean.DataEncoder Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* Milyn - Copyright (C) 2006 - 2010
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License (version 2.1) as published by the Free Software
* Foundation.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details:
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt
*/
package org.milyn.javabean;
/**
* Data encoder.
*
* This is an extension interface for adding encode capability to a
* {@link org.milyn.javabean.DataDecoder} implementation.
*
* @author [email protected]
* @see org.milyn.javabean.DataDecoder
*/
public interface DataEncoder extends DataDecoder {
/**
* Encode an object to a string.
* @param object The object to be encoded.
* @return The encoded object.
* @throws DataDecodeException Error encoding object.
*/
public String encode(Object object) throws DataDecodeException;
}