Encodable.java

/*
 * Copyright 2009-2014 Jagornet Technologies, LLC.  All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This software is the proprietary information of Jagornet Technologies, LLC. 
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 *
 */

/*
 *   This file Encodable.java is part of Jagornet DHCP.
 *
 *   Jagornet DHCP is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *
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 */
package com.jagornet.dhcp.option.base;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * The Interface Encodable.
 * 
 * @author A. Gregory Rabil
 */
public interface Encodable
{
    /**
     * Encode a DHCP option.
     * 
     * @return the ByteBuffer containing the encoded DHCP option.
     * 
     * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
     */
    public ByteBuffer encode() throws IOException;
}