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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package org.apache.commons.codec;
     18 
     19 /**
     20  * Defines common encoding methods for byte array encoders.
     21  *
     22  * @author Apache Software Foundation
     23  * @version $Id: BinaryEncoder.java,v 1.10 2004/02/29 04:08:31 tobrien Exp $
     24  *
     25  * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead.
     26  *     Please visit <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html">this webpage</a>
     27  *     for further details.
     28  */
     29 @Deprecated
     30 public interface BinaryEncoder extends Encoder {
     31 
     32     /**
     33      * Encodes a byte array and return the encoded data
     34      * as a byte array.
     35      *
     36      * @param pArray Data to be encoded
     37      *
     38      * @return A byte array containing the encoded data
     39      *
     40      * @throws EncoderException thrown if the Encoder
     41      *      encounters a failure condition during the
     42      *      encoding process.
     43      */
     44     byte[] encode(byte[] pArray) throws EncoderException;
     45 }
     46 
     47