// Copyright Keith D Gregory
//
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//
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package net.sf.kdgcommons.codec;


/**
 *  Encodes/decodes data in string formats.
 */
public interface StringCodec
{
    /** 
     *  Converts the passed byte array into a string.
     */
    public String toString(byte[] data);
    
    
    /**
     *  Converts the passed string into a byte array.
     */
    public byte[] toBytes(String str);
}

add package codec; add interface StringCodec