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package org.apache.cocoon.components.serializers.encoding;
/**
*
*
* @author <a href="mailto:pier@apache.org">Pier Fumagalli</a>, February 2003
* @version CVS $Id$
*/
public interface Encoder extends Verifier {
/**
* Encode the specified character as a sequence of characters.
* <p>
* For example, in XML, the character "<code>&</code>" can
* be encoded as "<code>&</code>", or the Unicode
* "<code>\u012F</code>" character can be encoded as
* "<code>į</code>"
* </p>
*/
public char[] encode(char character);
}