context.arch.comm.language
Interface EncoderInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLEncoder

public interface EncoderInterface

This interface specifies all the methods an EncoderInterface object must support. This allows the details of the encoding to be abstracted away.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	encodeData(DataObject data) Method to encode the incoming data
java.lang.String	getClassName() Method to get the class being used for encoding
java.lang.String	getLanguage() Method to get the language being used for encoding

Method Detail

encodeData

public java.lang.String encodeData(DataObject data)
                            throws EncodeException

Method to encode the incoming data

Parameters:

data - Data to be encoded

Returns:

the encoded message

Throws:

EncodeException - thrown when the given data can not be encoded successfully

getClassName

public java.lang.String getClassName()

Method to get the class being used for encoding

Returns:

the class used for encoding

getLanguage

public java.lang.String getLanguage()

Method to get the language being used for encoding

Returns:

the language used for encoding