Translator.java

/**
 *
 * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package org.apache.geronimo.util.encoders;

/**
 * general interface for an translator.
 */
public interface Translator
{
    /**
     * size of the output block on encoding produced by getDecodedBlockSize()
     * bytes.
     */
    public int getEncodedBlockSize();

    public int encode(byte[] in, int inOff, int length, byte[] out, int outOff);

    /**
     * size of the output block on decoding produced by getEncodedBlockSize()
     * bytes.
     */
    public int getDecodedBlockSize();

    public int decode(byte[] in, int inOff, int length, byte[] out, int outOff);
}