org.linkedin.util-core/src/main/java/org/linkedin/util/codec/CodecUtils.java
public static String encodeString(OneWayCodec codec, String s)
  {
    try
    {
      return codec.encode(s.getBytes("UTF-8"));
    }
    catch(UnsupportedEncodingException ex)
    {
      // shouldn't happen
      throw new RuntimeException(ex);
    }
  }
public static String encodeString(OneWayCodec codec, String s)
  {
    try
    {
      return codec.encode(s.getBytes("UTF-8"));
    }
    catch(UnsupportedEncodingException ex)
    {
      // shouldn't happen
      throw new RuntimeException(ex);
    }
  }
Encodes the string using the codec provided.

@param codec encode the string
@param s the string to encode
@return the encoded string