1/** 2 * All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 3 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 4 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 5 * 6 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 7 * 8 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 9 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 10 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 11 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 12 * limitations under the License. 13 */ 14 15/** 16 * @author Florian Schmaus 17 */ 18package org.jivesoftware.smack.util; 19 20public interface StringEncoder { 21 /** 22 * Encodes an string to another representation 23 * 24 * @param string 25 * @return 26 */ 27 String encode(String string); 28 29 /** 30 * Decodes an string back to it's initial representation 31 * 32 * @param string 33 * @return 34 */ 35 String decode(String string); 36} 37