RTPFormat.java

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package org.restcomm.sdp;

import java.util.Collection;
import javax.sdp.Attribute;

/**
 * Defines payload type of the RTP packet. 
 * 
 * @author kulikov
 */
public interface RTPFormat {

    /**
     * Defines the RTP payload type.
     * 
     * @return and integer payload type number.
     */
    public int getPayloadType();
    
    /**
     * Encodes format objects to SDP attributes.
     * 
     * @return a collection of attributes which represents this format object
     */
    public Collection<Attribute> encode();
}