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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006, John Mettraux, OpenWFE.org
 * All rights reserved.
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 * $Id: ReflectionUtils.java 2673 2006-05-26 21:08:46Z jmettraux $
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//
// BeanCoder.java
//
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//

package openwfe.org.util.beancoder;

/**
 * The base methods to implement to build a fully featured bean coder
 *
 * CVS Info :
 * 
$Author$
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 *
 * @author [email protected]
 */
public interface BeanCoder
{

    /**
     * Turns a Java bean into something else.
     * The details are covered in the implementation.
     */
    public void encode (Object bean)
        throws BeanCoderException;

    //
    // DECODING

    /**
     * Decodes and returns a Java bean.
     * The details are covered in the implementation.
     */
    public Object decode ()
        throws BeanCoderException;

}