UTF8Bytes.java

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package org.archive.io;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

/**
 * Marker Interface for instances that can be serialized as UTF8 bytes.
 * TODO: Do we need a UTF8Stream Marker Interface?
 * @author stack
 * @version $Date$ $Version$
 */
public interface UTF8Bytes {
    public static final String UTF8 = "UTF-8";
    
    /**
     * @return Instance as UTF-8 bytes.
     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException 
     */
    public byte [] getUTF8Bytes() throws UnsupportedEncodingException;
}