001/** 002 * 003 * Copyright 2013-2014 Florian Schmaus 004 * 005 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017package org.jivesoftware.smack.util.stringencoder; 018 019/** 020 * @author Florian Schmaus 021 */ 022public interface StringEncoder { 023 /** 024 * Encodes an string to another representation 025 * 026 * @param string 027 * @return the encoded String 028 */ 029 String encode(String string); 030 031 /** 032 * Decodes an string back to it's initial representation 033 * 034 * @param string 035 * @return the decoded String 036 */ 037 String decode(String string); 038}