org.ajax4jsf.util.base64

## Interface Encoder

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    BinaryEncoder
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    URL64Codec, URLCodec

      public interface Encoder

  Provides the highest level of abstraction for Encoders. This is the sister interface of `Decoder`. Every implementation of Encoder provides this common generic interface whic allows a user to pass a generic Object to any Encoder implementation in the codec package.

  Version:
    $Id: Encoder.java,v 1.1.2.1 2007/01/09 18:59:12 alexsmirnov Exp $
  Author:
    Apache Software Foundation

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Object` | `encode(Object pObject)` Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### encode

          Object encode(Object pObject)
                        throws EncoderException

      Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object. The Objects here may just be `byte[]` or `String`s depending on the implementation used.
      Parameters:
        `pObject` - An object ot encode
      Returns:
        An "encoded" Object
      Throws:
        `EncoderException` - an encoder exception is thrown if the encoder experiences a failure condition during the encoding process.

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