gecko-dev/mobile/android/base/apache/commons/codec/BinaryEncoder.java

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package org.mozilla.apache.commons.codec;
/**
* Defines common encoding methods for byte array encoders.
*
* @author Apache Software Foundation
* @version $Id: BinaryEncoder.java 1075406 2011-02-28 16:18:26Z ggregory $
*/
public interface BinaryEncoder extends Encoder {
/**
* Encodes a byte array and return the encoded data
* as a byte array.
*
* @param source Data to be encoded
*
* @return A byte array containing the encoded data
*
* @throws EncoderException thrown if the Encoder
* encounters a failure condition during the
* encoding process.
*/
byte[] encode(byte[] source) throws EncoderException;
}