001/**
002 *
003 * Copyright 2013 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;
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}