/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Steve Ratcliffe
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
*
* Author: Steve Ratcliffe
* Create date: 14-Jan-2007
*/
package uk.me.parabola.imgfmt.app.labelenc;
/**
* Interface for encoding characters for use in the Label section of a .img
* file.
*
* Older units are only able to display uppercase ascii characters. Newer ones
* can also display latin1 characters and perhaps lowercase too. I believe
* that it is possible to buy Japanese units that display Japanese characters
* too.
*
* So we need different implementations to deal with all this. It is made
* harder because the possibilities are not known. Many experimental
* implementations may be needed before settling on a good one.
*
* @author Steve Ratcliffe
*/
public interface CharacterEncoder {
public EncodedText encodeText(String text);
}