org.apache.cocoon.components.serializers.encoding
Interface Encoder

All Superinterfaces:

Verifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompiledEncoder, DefaultEncoder

public interface Encoder

extends Verifier

Version:

CVS $Id: Encoder.java 30941 2004-07-29 19:56:58Z vgritsenko $

Author:

Pier Fumagalli, February 2003

Method Summary

char[]

encode(char character) Encode the specified character as a sequence of characters.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.cocoon.components.serializers.encoding.Verifier

allows

Method Detail

encode

public char[] encode(char character)

Encode the specified character as a sequence of characters.

For example, in XML, the character "&" can be encoded as "&", or the Unicode "?" character can be encoded as "į"