org.jboss.portal.common.text
Interface CharToByteEncoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

CharToByteEncoder.Generic

public interface CharToByteEncoder

Defines an interface for encoding a char to a sequence of bytes.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Nested Class Summary

static class

CharToByteEncoder.Generic Generic implementation that works for any charset, based on NIO.

Field Summary

static byte[]

EMPTY .

Method Summary

byte[]

encode(char c) Encode the specified char.

Field Detail

EMPTY

static final byte[] EMPTY

.

Method Detail

encode

byte[] encode(char c)
              throws EncodingException

Encode the specified char. The returned byte array can be used safely until a new invocation to the same object is done. If the returned array has a length of zero it means that the char cannot be encoded.

Parameters:

c - the char to encode

Returns:

the encoded char as a byte array

Throws:

EncodingException